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Jean-Antoine Louis du Bas-Rhin

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Jean-Antoine Louis known as "Louis du Bas-Rhin" (10 March 1742 in Bar-le-Duc – 1796), was a municipal functionary from Strasbourg.

He was employed under the Intendant of Alsace when the French Revolution began. He rapidly adopted the new ideas.

During the Revolution

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During the National Assembly, Louis served as an administrator and member of the Directory of the Département of Bas-Rhin in 1791. Elected deputy to the Convention for the département of Bas-Rhin (1792, he voted for the death of Louis XVI. Elected to Committee of General Security in October 1793. With Jean-Adam Pflieger, sent as Representative on a Mission to Alsace from March to July 1793. He served as President of the Convention from 5 July 1794 to 19 July 1794. It was the last complete term of office for a President before the end of the French Terror.

With the fall of Maximilien Robespierre 9 Thermidor he was released from his duties on the Committee of General Security. In his tenure on the committee he gained a reputation as one of the more accommodating, sympathetic members.

Under the Directory

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Elected deputy to Council of Five Hundred, he died before he could attend a session.

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