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1848. He is the proprietor of a large alumin- 

 ium factory at Nanterre. In 1871 he was 

 elected to the National Assembly from Paris. 



PAJOT, M., was elected to the Assembly 

 from the Nord. He has taken very little part 

 in the proceedings of the Assembly, the only 

 time that he addressed that body being in de- 

 fense of the Catholic petitioners who asked 

 for a French intervention in favor of the Papal 

 States. He is a devoted royalist and a zealous 

 Catholic. 



PEBIEE, ATJGUSTE CASIMIE VICTOR LAU- 

 EENT, was born August 20, 1811, at Paris. 

 He entered the diplomatic service in his twen- 

 tieth year, and was successively secretary of 

 embassy at London, Brussels, and the Hague ; 

 charge d'affaires at Naples and St. Petersburg, 

 and minister plenipotentiary at Hanover. In 

 1846 he was elected to the Chamber of Depu- 

 ties, and in 1849 to the Legislative Assembly. 

 Having protested against the coup d'etat, he 

 was placed in confinement for a few days. In 

 1871 he was elected to the National Assembly 

 from two departments, and selected the de- 

 partment of Aube. On the death of M. Lam- 

 brecht, October 11, 1871, he became Minister 

 of the Interior, which office he held until Feb- 

 ruary, 1872. In May, 1873, he again held this 

 office for a few days. In 1846 he was created 

 a grand officer of the Legion of Honor, and. in 

 1867 a member of the Academy of Moral and 

 Political Sciences. 



PIOAED, Louis JOSEPH EBNEST, was born 

 December 24, 1821, at Paris. As a member 

 of the council of inspection of the Siecle, he 

 obtained the support of this journal for M. 

 Ollivier in the elections of 1857. In June, 

 1858, he was himself elected to the Legislative 

 Body as a member of the Opposition, and was 

 reflected in 1863, and again in 1869. In the 

 Revolution of September 4, 1870, he was pro- 

 claimed a member of the Government of the 

 National Defense, and was appointed Minister 

 of Finances. Being the only member of the 

 Government remaining at liberty during the in- 

 surrection of October 31st, he contributed much, 

 by his coolness and firmness, toward the re- 

 lease of his colleagues. In 1871 he was elected 

 to the Assembly from two departments, and 

 selected the department of Meuse. M. Thiers 

 appointed him in the same year Minister of the 

 Interior, but, owing to the violent attacks of 

 his opponents, he resigned soon after. 



POTHUAN, LOUIS PlEEEE ALEXIS, bom OctO- 



ber 30, 1815, entered the Naval School in 1831, 

 became a captain in 1850, and rear-admiral in 

 1864, and was in 1869 a member of the Council 

 of the Admiralty. During the siege of Paris 

 he at first had command of Fort Bicetre, and 

 afterward commanded the Sixth Division of 

 the Third Army, in which position he greatly 

 distinguished himself. He was created grand 

 officer of the Legion of Honor in 1870, and in 

 1871 became vice-admiral. In the same year 

 he was elected to the Assembly from the de- 

 partment of the Seine. On February 19, 1871, 



M. Thiers offered him the Ministry of the Navy 

 and of the Colonies, which he accepted and 

 retained until May 24, 1873. His administra- 

 tion was marked by strict economy. 



RAMPONT-LECHUST, GEBMAIN, was born at 

 Chablis, November 29, 1809. He studied medi- 

 cine before the Revolution of 1830, took part 

 in that Revolution, established himself as phy- 

 sician in Yonne in 1834, and was elected to the 

 Constituent Assembly in 1848. In 1870 he was 

 elected to the Corps L6gislatif, where he voted 

 against the plebiscite and the declaration of 

 war. After the Revolution of September 4th 

 he was appointed Postmaster-General, and as 

 such organized the balloon and pigeon service 

 during the siege of Paris. In 1871 he was 

 elected to the Assembly from the department 

 of Yonne. 



ROGEE, EDWAED, Count de, was born in 1802, 

 entered the Diplomatic Corps after the Restora- 

 tion, was secretary of embassy in Constanti- 

 nople, and was elected to the Chamber of 

 Deputies in 1834. In 1848 he was elected to 

 the Legislature, but retired to private life. In 

 1871 he was elected to the Assembly from the 

 department of Nord. He is an intimate friend 

 of M. Thiers, and like him was originally an 

 Orleanist, but now votes with the Left Centre. 

 He was appointed a commander of the Legion 

 of Honor in 1871. 



RUMILLY, Louis MADELEINE CLAIE HIPPO - 

 LYTE GAULTHIEB DE, was born December 8, 

 1792, at Paris. In 1813 he became a lawyer 

 in Paris, and distinguished himself in several 

 trials of editors. In 1831 he was elected to the 

 Chamber of Deputies, and, with a short inter- 

 ruption from 1835 to 1837, was reflected until 

 1848. In 1848 he was elected to the Constitu- 

 ent Assembly, and in 1849 was elected by that 

 body a Councilor of State. He protested 

 against the coup d'etat, and then retired to 

 private life. In 1871 he was elected to the 

 Assembly from the department of Somme. 



SAISY, HEEVE DE, born in 1833, was elected 

 to the National Assembly in 1871, from the 

 department of C6tes-du-Nord. He is the only 

 Bonapartist elected by the Assembly to the 

 Senate. 



SCHEBER, EDMOND, was born in Paris, April 

 8, 1815. He studied theology at Strasburg, 

 and in 1845 became Professor of Exegesis in 

 the Evangelical School in Geneva. He was at 

 the same time editor of the journal La Refor- 

 mation du XIX 6 Siecle. In 1850 he resigned 

 his position as professor, in consequence of his 

 liberal theological views. During the siege of 

 Paris he was a member of the Municipal Coun- 

 cil, and in 1871 he was elected to the National 

 Assembly from the department of Seine-et-Oise. 



SCHEUREE-KESTNEB, AUGUSTS, was born at 

 Mlihlhausen, February 11, 1833. He studied 

 chemistry in Paris, and soon took charge of 

 the factory of his father-in-law. He has taken 

 part in various movements to better the condi- 

 tion of the laboring-men, and has frequently 

 aided the Republican party by his immense 



