List of Presidents of the National Convention

Historians generally divide the Convention's activities into three periods,radical, and reaction, and the policies of presidents of the Convention reflect these distinctions. During the radical and reaction phases, some of the presidents were executed, most by guillotine, committed suicide

 Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Political partyTook officeLeft office Time in office  80px  Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve(1756–1794) 20 September 1792 4 October 1792   Girondins  80px  Jean-François Delacroix(1753–1794) 4 October 1792 18 October 1792   The Mountain  80px  Marguerite-Élie Guadet(1758–1794) 18 October 1792 1 November 1792   Girondins  80px  Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles(1759–1794) 1 November 1792 15 November 1792   The Mountain  80px  Henri Grégoire(1750–1831) 15 November 1792 29 November 1792   The Plain  80px  Bertrand Barère(1755–1841) 29 November 1792 13 December 1792   The Plain  80px  Jacques Defermon des Chapelières(1756–1831) 13 December 1792 27 December 1792   Girondins  80px  Jean-Baptiste Treilhard(1742–1810) 27 December 1792 10 January 1793   The Plain  80px  Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud(1753–1793) 10 January 1793 24 January 1793   Girondins  80px  Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne(1743–1793) 24 January 1793 7 February 1793   Girondins  80px  Jean-Jacques Bréard(1751–1840) 7 February 1793 21 February 1793   The Mountain  80px  Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé(1747–1814) 21 February 1793 7 March 1793   The Mountain  80px  Armand Gensonné(1758–1793) 7 March 1793 21 March 1793   Girondins  80px  Jean Debry(1760–1834) 21 March 1793 4 April 1793   The Plain  80px  Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas(1751–1798) 4 April 1793From 9 Apr 1793 to 18 Apr 1793 the functions of president were exercised by vice-president Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière. He was elected president in his own right for the fortnight 27 June 1793 – 11 July 1793 18 April 1793   The Mountain  80px  Marc David Alba Lasource(1763–1793) 18 April 1793 2 May 1793   Girondins  80px  Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède(1760–1793) 2 May 1793 16 May 1793   Girondins  80px  Maximin Isnard(1755–1825) 16 May 1793 30 May 1793   Girondins  80px  François René Mallarmé(1755–1835) 30 May 1793 13 June 1793   The Mountain

 Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Political partyTook officeLeft office Time in office   80px Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois(1749–1796) 13 June 1793 27 June 1793   The Mountain   80px  Jacques Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière(1753–1829) 27 June 1793 11 July 1793   The Mountain   80px  Andre Jeanbon Saint Andre(1749–1813) 11 July 1793 25 July 1793   The Mountain   80px  Georges Jacques Danton(1759–1794) 25 July 1793 8 August 1793   The Mountain   80px  Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles(1759–1794) 8 August 1793 22 August 1793   The Mountain 

The following men were elected as presidents of the Convention during its radical phase.

 Portrait Name(Born–Died) Term of office Political partyTook officeLeft office Time in office   80px Maximilien Robespierre(1758–1794) 22 August 1793 5 September 1793   The Mountain   80px  Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne(1756–1819) 5 September 1793 19 September 1793   The Mountain   80px  Pierre Joseph Cambon(1756–1820) 19 September 1793 3 October 1793   The Mountain    Louis-Joseph Charlier(1754–1797) 3 October 1793 22 October 1793   The Mountain     Moïse Antoine Pierre Jean Bayle(1755–1815) 22 October 1793 6 November 1793   The Mountain     Pierre-Antoine Lalloy(1749–1846) 6 November 1793 21 November 1793   The Mountain   80px  Charles-Gilbert Romme(1750–1795) 21 November 1793 6 December 1793   The Mountain   80px  Jean-Henri Voulland(1751–1801) 6 December 1793  21 December 1793   The Mountain   80px  Georges Auguste Couthon(1755–1794) 21 December 1793 5 January 1794   The Mountain   80px  Jacques-Louis David(1748–1825) 5 January 1794 20 January 1794   The Mountain   80px  Marc Guillaume Alexis Vadier(1736–1828) 20 January 1794 4 February 1794   The Mountain   80px  Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran(1761–1816) 4 February 1794 19 February 1794   The Mountain   80px  Louis Antoine de Saint-Just(1767–1794) 19 February 1794 6 March 1794   The Mountain   80px  Philippe Rühl(1737–1795) 7  March 1794 21 March 1794   The Mountain   80px  Jean-Lambert Tallien(1767–1820) 21 March 1794   5 April 1794   The Mountain   80px  Jean-Baptiste-André Amar(1755–1816) 5 April 1794 20 April 1794   The Mountain   80px  Robert Lindet(1746–1825) 20 April 1794 5 May 1794   The Mountain   80px  Lazare Carnot(1753–1823) 5 May 1794 20 May 1794   The Mountain   80px  Claude-Antoine Prieur-Duvernois(1763–1832) 20 May 1794 4 June 1794   The Mountain   80px Maximilien Robespierre(1758–1794) 4 June 1794 19 June 1794   The Mountain    Élie Lacoste(1745–1806) 19 June 1794   5 July 1794   The Mountain    Jean-Antoine Louis(1742–1796) 5 July 1794 19 July 1794   The Mountain 

 Image Dates NameDOD/Fate80px19 July 1794   3 August 1794  Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois8 June 179680px 3 August 1794   18 August 1794  Philippe Antoine Merlin, dit Merlin de Douai 26 December 183880px18 August 1794   2 September 1794  Antoine Merlin de Thionville14 September 183380px 2 September 1794   22 September 1794  André Antoine Bernard, dit Bernard de Saintes19 October 181880px22 September 1794   7 October 1794  André Dumont19 October 183880px 7 October 1794   22 October 1794  Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès8 March 1824One of the few members of La Marais to be elected President Authored Napoleon's Civil Code80px22 October 1794   6 November 1794  Pierre-Louis Prieur, dit Prieur de la Marne 31 May 182780px 6 November 1794   24 November 1794  Louis Legendre13 December 1797, died of natural causes (dementia)24 November 1794   6 December 1794  Jean-Baptiste Clauzel2 July 180380px6 December 1794   21 December 1794  Jean-François Reubell23 November 180721 December 1794   6 January 1795  Pierre-Louis Bentabole22 April 179880px 6 January 1795  20 January 1795  Étienne-François Le Tourneur4 October 181780px20 January 1795  4 February 1795  Stanislas Joseph François Xavier Rovèredied in 1798 in French Guiana80px 4 February 1795  19 February 1795  Paul Barras29 January 182980px19 February 1795  6 March 1795  François Louis Bourdon22 June 1798, after being deported to French Guiana80px6 March 1795  24 March 1795  Antoine Claire Thibaudeau8 March 185480px24 March 1795  5 April 1795  Jean Pelet, also Pelet de la Lozère26 January 184280px5 April 1795  20 April 1795  François-Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas1828One of the few members of La Marais to be elected President80px20 April 1795  5 May 1795  Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès20 June 1836One of the few members of La Marais to be elected President80px 5 May 1795  26 May 1795  Théodore Vernier3 February 181826 May 1795  4 June 1795  Jean-Baptiste Charles Matthieu31 October 183380px 4 June 1795  19 June 1795  Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais died in 1828 in Paris80px19 June 1795  4 July 1795  Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray25 August 179780px4 July 1795  19 July 1795  Louis-Gustave Doulcet de Pontécoulant17 November 1764 – 3 April 185380px19 July 1795  3 August 1795  Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux24 March 182480px3 August 1795  19 August 1795  Pierre Claude François Daunou20 June 184080px19 August 1795  2 September 1795  Marie-Joseph Chénier10 January 181180px2 September 1795  23 September 1795  Théophile Berlier12 September 184480px23 September 1795  8 October 1795  Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin17998 October 1795  26 October 1795  Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu27 October 1804
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