Pierre Marie (de Saint-Georges)

Pierre Marie by Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon circa 1840-1850

Pierre Marie (de Saint-Georges) or Alexandre-Pierre-Thomas-Amable Marie de Saint Georges was a French politician, fought on the barricades during the revolution of July.

Marie was born in Yonne on 15 February 1795 and entered public life as a lawyer under the Restoration. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1842 and held the seat until the February Revolution.

He became minister of public works in the provision government in 1848, but was forced out in May of that year. Marie was elected to the Executive Commission and became President of the National Assembly during June 1848. He was then made minister of justice in July 1848 and held the post till December 1848. Marie retired in May 1849 and retired to private life for over a decade. He returned briefly to politics in the 1860s and died on 28 April 1870.

References

• Alexandre-Pierre-Thomas-Amable Marie de Sainte Georges

French Provisional Government of 1848 (24 February 1848 to 9 May 1848) Formative members Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure Alphonse de Lamartine Adolphe Crémieux François Arago Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges Armand Marrast Louis Blanc Ferdinand Flocon Alexandre Martin Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure President of the Council Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure Interior Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Foreign Affairs Alphonse de Lamartine Finance Michel Goudchaux Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès, Sub-secretary Charles Duclerc Justice Adolphe Crémieux Public Works Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges Agriculture and Commerce Eugène Bethmont Education and Religious Affairs Hippolyte Carnot Navy and Colonies François Arago, Sub-secretary Victor Schœlcher War Jacques Gervais, baron Subervie Louis-Eugène Cavaignac François Arago

French Executive Commission of 1848 (9 May 1848 to 24 June 1848) Commissioners François Arago (President of the Council) Alphonse de Lamartine Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges François Arago Interior Adrien Recurt (sub-secretary of state Nicolas Henri Carteret) Foreign Affairs Jules Bastide (sub-secretary of state Jules Favre) Finance Charles Duclerc Justice Adolphe Crémieux Eugène Bethmont Public Works Ulysse Trélat Agriculture and Commerce Ferdinand Flocon Religious Affairs Eugène Bethmont Public Education Hippolyte Carnot (sub-secretary of state Jean Reynaud) War Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Charras Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Navy and Colonies Joseph Grégoire Casy (sub-secretary of state Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur)

Cabinet of General Cavaignac (28 June 1848 to 20 December 1848) President of the Council Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Louis-Eugène Cavaignac President of the Council War Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière Finance Michel Goudchaux Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel Justice Eugène Bethmont Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges Interior Antoine Sénard Jules Armand Dufaure Agriculture and Commerce Charles Gilbert Tourret Public Works Adrien Recurt Alexandre-François Vivien Foreign Affairs Jules Bastide Marie Alphonse Bedeau Jules Bastide Navy and Colonies Jules Bastide Raymond-Jean-Baptiste de Verninac Saint-Maur Public Education and Religion Hippolyte Carnot Achille Tenaille de Vaulabelle Alexandre Pierre Freslon Pierre Marie de Saint-Georges (acting)