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Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac
Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac (10 January 1763 – 24 March 1829) was a French politician and statesman.
Biography.
Born at Gourdon (Lot "département"), he was, after the outbreak of the French Revolution, a member of the "département"'s directory, and then elected its deputy to the National Convention, where he associated himself with the party of the Mountain and voted in favor of the death penalty for King Louis XVI.
He was constantly employed on missions
operation, allowing the mob to strengthen their defences. He received the thanks of parliament, but failed to be elected president, losing heavily to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte.
Early career.
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac was the second son of Jean-Baptiste Cavaignac and brother of Éléonore Louis Godefroi Cavaignac.
After going through the usual course of study for the military profession, he entered the army as an engineer officer in 1824, and served in the Morea (Peloponnesus) in 1828, becoming captain in the following year