Benjamin Pittet

Benjamin Pittet (born September 1, 1809 in Prangins , † June 9, 1864 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss politician . From 1848 to 1851 he was a member of the National Council, and from 1848 to 1861 he was a member of the State Council of the Canton of Vaud .

biography

The son of a farmer studied law at the Academy in Lausanne and was admitted to the bar in 1835. From 1836 to 1845 the member of the Zofingia worked in Morges as a lawyer at the Court of Appeal and Deputy Attorney General. He carried out the same activities from 1846 to 1848 in Vevey . Pittet was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Vaud in 1838 , to which he belonged until 1841 and again from 1843 on the side of the radical liberals . In 1848 he presided over the Grand Council.

In October 1848, Pittet ran for the first National Council elections and was elected in the Vaud-West constituency. After Henri Druey was elected to the Federal Council , he took over his seat in the Vaud State Council. In 1851 he renounced his re-election as National Councilor. Pittet was voted out of office as a councilor in 1861, after which he also gave up his mandate as a councilor of state.

Web links

• Olivier Meuwly: Pittet, Benjamin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .