Jérôme Frédéric Paul David

Jérôme Frédéric Paul David (born June 30, 1823 in Rome , † January 28, 1882 in Langon ) was a French officer , baron and minister .

David was the grandson of the painter Jacques-Louis David and godchild of Jérôme Bonaparte and his wife Katharina von Württemberg . He initially did military service in Algeria and then served as an orderly officer to Prince Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte during the Crimean War . In 1853 he married Elisa Merle. In 1857 he took his leave as captain and settled near Langon, where his wife owned properties.

In 1859 David was elected to the National Assembly for the canton of Saint-Symphorien (Gironde department) , to which he belonged continuously until a year before his death. In 1860 he was briefly mayor of Langon. In 1864 he was appointed commander of the Legion of Honor . From 1867 he was Vice President of the National Assembly. In 1869 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. At his instigation, the French objection to the Hohenzollern candidacy for the throne in Spain was resolved and formulated on July 5, 1870 .

When the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870, David moved with the Emperor Napoleon III. into the field and was present during the first defeat of the French in the battle of Weissenburg . When he returned to Paris at the Chamber meeting on August 9, he was one of the main supporters of Clément Duvernois ' motion , which forced the Ollivier Ministry to resign. In the ministry formed by Count Charles Cousin-Montauban , he took over the portfolio of public works. The fall of the empire on September 4, 1870 also removed him from this office.

In 1876 and 1877 he was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies , in the new elections in 1881 he did not run again.

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SURNAME	David, Jérôme Frédéric Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French officer and minister
DATE OF BIRTH	June 30, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome
DATE OF DEATH	January 28, 1882
Place of death	Langon