Louis Legendre

Louis Legendre (also Louis Philippe Legendre ), ( May 22nd 1752 Versailles, † December 13, 1797 in Paris) was a politician during the French Revolution.

Life

As a young man drove Legendre ten years at sea, after which he worked as a butcher in Paris and acquired with this activity a small fortune. He participated in the July 14, 1789 at the storming of the Bastille, then was one of the founders of the Society of the Cordeliers and became a member of the Jacobin Club. After the failed flight of Louis XVI. of 20-21. June 1791 called for the political friend of Danton, the proclamation of the Republic.

Louis Legendre lived after the massacre on the Champ de Mars (17 July 1791) a few months in secret. He succeeded, during the revolt of the Paris sans-culottes of 20 June 1792 forcibly penetrate into the Tuileries and Louis XVI. and to compel his sister Élisabeth to wear the Phrygian cap. The non- literate but popular man called in July 1792 to revolt against the monarchy and was elected after the storming of the Tuileries (10 August 1792) the following September in the National Convention. There the followers of the Montagne voted in January 1793 for the death of the king.

In February 1793 Legendre ran as a representative in Mission to Lyon. He left in March 1793 Girondin mayor arrested Nivière -Chol ( 1744-1817 ) and determined the left Jacobins Bertrand, a trailer Chaliers, as the new mayor. In early fall 1793 Legendre ensured the food supply of the city of Rouen and the Seine - Inférieure.

The now the " indulgent " supportive politicians called on March 31, 1794, the hearing of the arrested Danton and Desmoulins before the National Convention. He could, however, his position does not prevail against Robespierre and therefore rejected his request. Instead, he joined the enemies of the " Untouchables " to, prepared with these before the fall of Robespierre and was instrumental in the execution of the coup of 9 Thermidor II (27 July 1794) with.

Legendre was appointed during the reign of Thermidorians a member of the Safety Committee and determined for the period from 6 to November 20, 1794 as President of the National Convention. He graduated on 12 November 1794 the Jacobin Club, fought vigorously to sansculottischen Prairialaufstand from 20th to May 23, 1795 and opposed the Royalist Vendémiaireaufstand of 5 October 1795. Upon ratification of the Constitution of the Board on October 26, 1795 Louis Legendre was elected to the " Council of Elders ". Soon after, he fell seriously ill and died on December 13, 1797 in Paris.