Armand Gensonné

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Armand Gensonné, graphic by François Bonneville

Armand Gensonné (born August 10, 1758 in Bordeaux , † October 31, 1793 in Paris ) was a politician during the French Revolution .

Life

He was the son of a military surgeon and studied law . When the revolution broke out, he was a lawyer at the Bordeaux Parliament . In 1790 he became public prosecutor for the commune, and in July 1791 he was elected a member of the appellate court of the newly created Gironde department . In the same year he was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the département. As rapporteur for the diplomatic committee in which he supported Brissot's policy, he proposed two of the assembly's most revolutionary measures: the decree indicting the king's brothers (January 1, 1792), and the declaration of war on Bohemia and Hungary (April 20 1792).

He was vigorous in denouncing the intrigues of the court and the "Austrian Committee"; but the violence of the extreme Democrats that culminated in the assault on the Tuileries on August 10 worried him. When he returned to the National Convention , he attacked the Paris Commune (October 24-25). At the trial of Louis XVI. he supported an appeal to the people, but ultimately voted for the death penalty . He had previously been appointed to the General Defense Committee on January 4th . As a member of the Defense Committee and President of the Convention (March 7-21, 1793), he participated in the bitter attacks by the Girondins on the Montagnards . On the fatal day of June 2nd, his name was among the first on the indictment list. He was tried on October 24, 1793 before the Revolutionary Tribunal ; he was sentenced to death and guillotined on the 31st of the month . Gensonné was considered a brilliant speaker, even if his speaking skills were a little cold and he almost always read from the paper.

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predecessor Office successor
Louis-Bernard Guyton-Morveau President of the Legislative Assembly of France
March 19, 1792 - April 2, 1792 		Claude Dorizy
Edmond Dubois-Crancé President of the French National Convention
March 7, 1793 - March 21, 1793 		Jean Debry
personal data
SURNAME Gensonné, Armand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician during the French Revolution
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1758
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1793
Place of death Paris