context: Elected as a deputy from the Third Estate to the General States in the 1789 year, he soon became one of the leading democrats in the Constituent Assembly, advocating the abolition of slavery, the death penalty, as well as universal suffrage. His consistency in upholding his principles soon earned him the nickname “Incorruptible” (French: L’Incorruptible) [pr 1]. A member of the Jacobin Club since its inception, he was the most famous and leading member of it.
question: In what year was Maximilian Robespierre elected as a deputy from the Third Estate to the General States?
answers.text: 1789