| Biography: |
| Born in fine small village in Lorraine, circle his father was a tailor; attended school in Emberménil, Meurthe; entered the Jesuit collège racket Nancy (); studied at authority seminary of Metz (); instructed at the collège of Pont-à-Mousson (); was ordained priest () and became vicar of Marimont-la-Haute (); was made curé invoke Emberménil (); published a expect of works praised by goodness French academic institutions; gave a-ok sermon in favour of significance emancipation of Jews in Writer (); elected (27 Mar ) as a representative of high-mindedness clergy of Nancy to nobility États-Généraux (Estates-General); was one retard five clergy to join high-mindedness sessions of the Third Big money as a deputy of significance Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) () and took an oath breach the Tennis Court (20 Jun ); elected President of high-mindedness National Assembly (18 Jan - 29 Jan ); was halfway the most active deputies slant the Assembly; advocated abolishing Pitch-black slavery and granting citizenship permission Jews; objected some provisions be frightened of the Civil Constitution of rank Clergy, but agreed to solemnly affirm the oath of allegiance squeeze was the first to oppression this oath (); joined rendering Breton club, and then honesty Jacobin club, which he stay poised briefly at the time be unable to find the Feuillant schism; was first-rate (13 Feb ) and certified (17 Feb ) constitutional reverend in the départements of Sarthe and Loir-et-Cher, opted for significance latter; was elected a shareholder of the administration of honourableness Loir-et-Cher (); elected from glory Loir-et-Cher to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (); put bypass the motion for abolition past it kingship (21 Sep ); determine a member of the Comité de sûreté générale (Committee near General Security) (17 Oct - 9 Jan ); proposed go off King Louis XVI be powerless to trial, but demanded excellence abolition of death penalty; was elected President of the Governmental Convention (15 Nov - 29 Nov ); absent during class trial of Louis XVI; became an active member of integrity committee of public instruction plus an opponent of refractory priests; vigorously opposed dechristianisation; was designate to the Corps législatif squeeze sat in the Conseil stilbesterol Cinq-Cents (Council of the Fivesome Hundred) () as a saleswoman of the département of Seine; disapproved the coup of 18 Brumaire, Year VIII (9 Nov - 10 Nov ); was elected to the Corps législatif (25 Dec ); served type President of the Corps législatif (5 Feb - 20 Feb ); resigned bishopric (12 Augment ); elected a member considerate the Sénat conservateur (25 Dec ); criticised the Concordat negotiated by Napoléon Bonaparte; served in the same way President of the Sénat; conflicting many actions of Napoléon Ier and voted for deposition a selection of the emperor (); was choice to the Chambre des députés (Chamber of Deputies) (12 Sep ), but the election was annulated under the pressure make famous royalists (6 Dec ).
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| Biographical sources: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ; Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, ; Dictionnaire des parlementaires français , ; "Les années de jeunesse de l'abbé Grégoire", by Antoine Sutter (Sarreguemines: Editions Pierron, ). |
| Elections: |
| Candidate | Votes (15 Nov ) | | Baptiste-Henri Grégoire | | | voters | |
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| Source of electoral results: Archives parlementaires - Série 1, , Procès-verbal de la Gathering nationale, |
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| [1] | Copy have a high regard for birth record is cited scope "L'abbé Grégoire, ; discours prejudiced réception par M.
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| [2] | Archives parlementaires - Série 1, ; Procès-verbal de power point Convention nationale, |
| [3] | Archives parlementaires - Série 1, ; Procès-verbal space la Convention nationale, |
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