23 Facts About Victor Lanjuinais

Victor Ambroise Lanjuinais was a French politician.

Victor Lanjuinais was a deputy from 1838 to 1848, and minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the second cabinet of Odilon Barrot.

Victor Lanjuinais's brother was Paul-Eugene Lanjuinais, a peer of France.

Victor Lanjuinais studied law and was admitted to the bar.

Victor Lanjuinais was a friend of Gustave d'Eichthal, an author who was sympathetic to Africans and advocated mixed marriages to produce offspring with the complementary qualities of the black and white races.

Victor Lanjuinais edited a multi-volume collection of the works of his father, and contributed a biographical preface to the work in 1832.

On 17 February 1838 Victor Lanjuinais was elected deputy for the third college of Loire-Inferieure.

Victor Lanjuinais was reelected in March 1839, July 1842 and August 1846.

Victor Lanjuinais was a correspondent of the liberal thinker Alexis de Tocqueville.

Victor Lanjuinais belonged to a small group of deputies who followed Tocqueville in supporting the Orleans monarchy while agitating for democratic reforms.

Victor Lanjuinais was moderately opposed to the policy of Francois Guizot, and voted for the electoral reform proposal in 1847, but refused to join the Campagne des banquets.

Victor Lanjuinais was against paper money, and proposed to deal with the deficit by consolidating Treasury debts and issuing a loan for 200 million.

Victor Lanjuinais was then charged with various important reports on finance issues.

Victor Lanjuinais was a member of the committee of inquiry into the events of 15 May and 23 June 1848, and sided with most of his colleagues in favor of repression.

Victor Lanjuinais supported the motion for voluntary dissolution of the Constituent Assembly after the adoption of the electoral law.

Victor Lanjuinais had retired to the country when he learned on 2 June 1849 that he had been appointed Minister of Commerce and Agriculture in the cabinet headed by Odilon Barrot.

In by-elections on 8 July 1849 Victor Lanjuinais ran as Conservative candidate and was elected to the Assembly for the Seine.

Victor Lanjuinais wanted to end the monopoly of the Parisian bakery, but this decision was not confirmed by his successor.

For three months Victor Lanjuinais was acting Minister of Public Education and Worship.

Victor Lanjuinais did participate in several important committees of the Assembly.

Victor Lanjuinais was opposed to the coup of 2 December 1851, and was briefly detained at the Chateau de Vincennes.

Victor Lanjuinais returned to private life, and in 1857 refused to be a candidate to the Legislative body.

Victor Ambrose Lanjuinais died in Paris on 1 January 1869.