Henri Roy was a French politician who was deputy for Loiret from 1906 to 1919 and senator for Loiret from 1920 to 1941.
10 Facts About Henri Roy
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Henri Roy was born on 17 February 1873 in Le Bouchaud, Jura, son of a school teacher in the small town.
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Henri Roy won a scholarship to the lycee in Lons-le-Saunier, then entered the lycee Lakanal, and went on to the College Sainte-Barbe in Paris, where he prepared for teachers' college.
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Henri Roy lost interest in becoming a teacher, but gained degrees in letters and the law.
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Henri Roy then accepted the job of chief editor of the radical Orleans daily Le Progres du Loiret.
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Henri Roy continued to work as a journalist and a lawyer, and was admitted to the bar in Orleans.
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In January 1920 Henri Roy was elected to the Senate, where he joined the Democratic Left group.
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Henri Roy was reelected in 1924 and 1928, and was rapporteur of the budget in 1932 and 1933.
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Henri Roy joined the Board of Directors of the National Board of liquid fuels, of which he became president in 1932.
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Henri Roy retired from public life, and died in Paris on 23 August 1950 at the age of 77.