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Bailly elected president of new Assembly

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Bailly elected president of new Assembly

Bailly, Jean-Sylvain · Versailles · Assembly president

On the day the Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly, deputies elected Bailly as its first president. He became responsible for directing proceedings in a body claiming to speak for the nation.

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