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Election to National Convention

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

8Records
1792Date range
8Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1792

Bertrand Barere4 September 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Barere was elected to the National Convention and generally aligned with the Plain before joining emergency government.

Maximilien Francois Marie Robespierre5 September 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Robespierre was elected to the National Convention and took his place among the Montagnards.

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud5 September 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Gironde electors returned Vergniaud to national office, sending the prominent orator to the new Convention.

Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot6 September 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Carnot was elected to the National Convention for Pas-de-Calais while engaged in military organization.

Georges Jacques Danton6 September 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Danton was elected to the National Convention for Paris after serving as justice minister.

Paul Francois Barras7 September 1792

Var · Revolution / Revolution of France

Barras was elected to the National Convention as a deputy for the Var.

Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne7 September 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Billaud-Varenne was elected to the National Convention for Paris and sat with the Mountain.

Camille Desmoulins8 September 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Paris voters sent Desmoulins to the Convention, where he took his seat with the Montagnards.

Names involved

Bertrand BarereCamille DesmoulinsGeorges Jacques DantonJacques Nicolas Billaud-VarenneLazare Nicholas Marguerite CarnotMaximilien Francois Marie RobespierrePaul Francois BarrasPierre Victurnien Vergniaud

Provenance

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