Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes1788
Elected as the last, 20th, of the Deputies of Paris to the States General
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Elected as the last, 20th, of the Deputies of Paris to the States General
Sieyes was elected as a Paris deputy of the Third Estate to the Estates General.
Elections to the Estates General produced 1,201 delegates, while cahiers de doleances recorded grievances and proposed reforms.
Strong electoral turnout produces 1,201 delegates, including: "291 nobles, 300 clergy, and 610 members of the 3rd Estate, books of grievances" (cahiers de doleances) are compiled to list problems. Elections are held in the spring of 1789; suffrage requirements for the 3rd Estate are for French-born or naturalised males only, at least 25 years of age, who resided where the vote was to take place and who paid taxes
Elected Deputy for Paris in the 3rd Estate
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes was elected Deputy for Paris in the 3rd Estate.
Elected Member of Legislative Assembly
Pierre-Joseph Cambon was elected to the Legislative Assembly.
Elected President of the National Assembly
Mirabeau was elected president of the National Assembly.
Elected Deputy for Paris to the National Convention
Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne was elected Deputy for Paris to the National Convention.
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