- Roger Ducos
Pierre Roger Ducos (1747–1816), better known as Roger Ducos, was a French political figure during the Revolution and First Empire, a member of the
National Convention , and of the Directory.In the Revolution
Born in Dax in the Landes department of
Aquitaine inFrance , he was elected deputy to the Convention by the "département" of the Landes. He sat in "The Plain" (the party which had no clear attitude, and served to sway the vote). He voted for the death of King Louis XVI, withoutappeal or delay, but was not prominent in the Convention afterwards.Ducos was a member of the
Council of Five Hundred , over which he presided on the 18th of Fructidor Coup (1797). At the end of his term, he became ajustice of the peace , but afterBarthélemy Catherine Joubert 's "coup d'etat " (the "30 Prairial of the year VIII" -June 18 ,1799 ), he was named a member of the executive Directory, thanks to the influence of Paul Barras, who counted on Ducos as his partisan.Consulate, Empire, and exile
On November 9, 1799, Ducos accepted the "coup d'état" of Napoleon Bonaparte (the "
18 Brumaire "), and was one of the three Provisional Consuls (with Napoleon andEmmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ), becoming vice-president of the Senate with the arrival of a stable Consulate formula.He was many times honored under the Empire, but in 1814 he abandoned Napoleon, and voted for his deposition. He sought to gain the favor of the government of the Restoration, but in 1816 was exiled on the basis of the law regarding the "
regicide s". He died in March 1816 nearUlm , from a carriage accident.References
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