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Louis-Jérôme Gohier
Louis-Jérôme Gohier (27 February 1746 – 29 May 1830) was a French politician of the Revolutionary period.
Louis-Jérôme Gohier was born in Semblançay, in the Indre-et-Loire department of France. The son of a notary, he practiced law in Rennes. In 1789, he was one of the deputies of the "tiers état" (Third Estate, representing the "Commoners") elected to represent the town in the Estates-general. In the Legislative Assembly
His wife, who had been a close friend to Joséphine de Beauharnais, had died in 1825, and, upon his death, Gohier left his wealth and surname to Mélanie d'Hervilly Hahnemann.
Louis-Jérôme Gohier is buried next to his wife at the Père Lachaise cemetery.
Works.
- "Mémoires d'un vétéran irréprochable de la Révolution" (published in 1824)
- A report on the papers of the civil list preparatory to the trial of King Louis XVI, printed in "Le Procès de Louis XVI