Lazare Escarguel
| Lazare Escarguel | |
|---|---|
| French Senator | |
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In office 1882–1891 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of France | |
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In office 1871–1882 | |
| Mayor of Perpignan | |
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In office 1870–1874 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Tournal |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Tournal |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 March 1816 Routier, France |
| Died |
26 May 1893 (aged 77) Routier, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Republican Union |
Lazare Escarguel (1816-1893) was a French politician and newspaper editor.
Biography
Elected as a councillor in Perpignan in 1865, Lazare Escarguel becomes mayor of that city in 1870. The following year, he is elected as a member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Orientales, and is reelected in 1876, 1877 (against Colonel Falcon with 13 235 votes against 8 276)[1] and in 1881.[2] Escarguel is then elected as a senator for Pyrénées-Orientales from 1882 to 1891.[3] He finally retires in his birth town where he dies in 1893 of apoplexy.
Lazare Escarguel is also a founding member of the newspaper L'Indépendant for its second start in 1868.
References
- ↑ (French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Un agent trop zélé, Rivesaltes le 6 octobre 1877, 17 february 2014
- ↑ National Assembly biography
- ↑ Senate biography
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