Antoine Claire Thibaudeau

Antoine Claire Thibaudeau , born with Poitiers, on March 23rd 1765, died in Paris, on March 9th 1854, appointed Vienna with the national Convention.

Lawyer, he became member of the constituent Assembly, then prosecutor syndic of the commune of Poitiers.

Elected by the department of Vienna to national Convention, it took seat among the mountain . The December 3rd 1792, it gave its opinion on the judgment of Louis XVI, conclusive with the need for judging the king.

At the time of the lawsuit of the king, the January 15th and the days according to, he decided for the culpability of the king, against the ratification of the judgment of the people, for the capital punishment and against the deferment. He was absent at the time of the poll asking the committal for trial against Marat. The May 8th 1793, it was among the police chiefs sent in the sections of Paris, then was assistant of the Police chiefs sent in the department of Vienna. It was on mission with the army of the coasts of the La Rochelle, at the time of the poll of the May 28th, asking that the decree which had broken the Commission of the Twelve was reported.

After the Thermidor 9, he became president of the Convention of the 6 to the March 24th 1795 and, in April 1795, he fought the representatives of the people on mission: With the capacities of which they are covered the representatives continue to block the walk of the government and to destroy its unit .

Member of the Committee of Public Hello, it contributed to the vote like with the implementation of the Constitution of year III. Very popular, he was elected with the Conseil of the Five hundred by thirty-two departments.

After the 18 brumaire, Bonaparte called it with the Council of State; it took part in the development of the Civil code French. Under the Empire, it was created count, and was named prefect of the Rhone delta.

With the Second Restoration, the decree of the July 24th 1814 obliged it to leave France. It took refuge in Suisse then with Prague. In 1823, it obtained the authorization to return to France. In 1851, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte created it Senator. When he died, in 1854, he was the last survivor of the Conventionnels.

He is the author of the Mémoires on Conventions and the Directory ; Memories on the Consulate and the Empire and of a general History of Napoleon .

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