Council of Ancients
The Council of Ancients or Council of Elders (French: Conseil des Anciens) was the upper house of the French legislature under the Constitution of the Year III, during the period commonly known as the Directory (French: Directoire), from 22 August 1795 until 9 November 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the French Revolution.
Council of Ancients
Conseil des Anciens
28 October 1795: (due to age)
Claude Antoine Rudel Du Miral
28 October 1795 – 2 November 1795:
Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
2 November 1795 – 23 November 1795: , known as Baudin des Ardennes
Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin
23 November 1795 – 22 December 1795:
François Denis Tronchet
22 December 1795 – 22 January 1796:
Théodore Vernier
22 January 1796 – 20 February 1796:
Guillaume François Charles Goupil de Préfelne
20 February 1796 – 21 March 1796:
Claude Ambroise Régnier
21 March 1796 – 20 April 1796:
Jacques Antoine Creuzé-Latouche
20 April 1796 – 20 May 1796:
Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu
20 May 1796 – 19 June 1796:
Charles-François Lebrun
19 June 1796 – 19 July 1796:
Jean Étienne Marie Portalis
19 July 1796 – 18 August 1796:
Jean Dussaulx
18 August 1796 – 23 September 1796:
Honoré Muraire
23 September 1796 – 22 October 1796:
Roger Ducos
22 October 1796 – 21 November 1796:
Jean-Girard Lacuée
21 November 1796 – 21 December 1796: , known as Bréard-Duplessis
Jean-Jacques Bréard
21 December 1796 – 20 January 1797:
Boniface Paradis
20 January 1797 – 19 February 1797:
Sébastien Ligeret de Beauvais
19 February 1797 – 21 March 1797:
Joseph Clément Poullain de Grandprey
21 March 1797 – 20 April 1797:
Jean François Bertrand Delmas
20 April 1797 – 20 May 1797:
Edme-Bonaventure Courtois
20 May 1797 – 19 June 1797:
François Barbé-Marbois
19 June 1797 – 19 July 1797:
Louis Bernard de Saint-Affrique
19 July 1797 – 18 August 1797:
Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours
18 August 1797 – 4 September 1797: , known as Laffon-Ladébat
André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat
6 September 1797 – 23 September 1797:
Jean-Antoine Marbot
23 September 1797 – 22 October 1797:
Emmanuel Crétet
22 October 1797 – 21 November 1797:
Jean-Pierre Lacombe-Saint-Michel
21 November 1797 – 21 December 1797:
Jean François Philibert Rossée
21 December 1797 – 20 January 1798:
Jean-Baptiste Marragon
20 January 1798 – 19 February 1798: Jean Rousseau
19 February 1798 – 21 March 1798:
Pardoux Bordas
21 March 1798 – 20 April 1798:
Étienne Mollevaut
20 April 1798 – 20 May 1798:
Jacques Poisson de Coudreville
20 May 1798 – 19 June 1798:
Claude Ambroise Régnier
19 June 1798 – 19 July 1798:
Jean-Antoine Marbot
19 July 1798 – 18 August 1798:
Étienne Maynaud Bizefranc de Lavaux
18 August 1798 – 23 September 1798:
Pierre Antoine Laloy
23 September 1798 – 22 October 1798:
Benoît Michel Decomberousse
22 October 1798 – 21 November 1798:
Emmanuel Pérès de Lagesse
21 November 1798 – 21 December 1798:
Jean-Augustin Moreau de Vormes
21 December 1798 – 20 January 1799:
Jean-Baptiste Perrin des Vosges
20 January 1799 – 19 February 1799:
Dominique Joseph Garat
19 February 1799 – 21 March 1799:
Jean-Aimé Delacoste
21 March 1799 – 20 April 1799:
Mathieu Depère
20 April 1799 – 20 May 1799:
Claude-Pierre Dellay d'Agier
20 May 1799 – 19 June 1799:
Charles Claude Christophe Gourdan
19 June 1799 – 19 July 1799: , known as Baudin des Ardennes
Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin
19 July 1799 – 18 August 1799:
Louis-Thibaut Dubois-Dubais
18 August 1799 – 24 September 1799:
Mathieu-Augustin Cornet
24 September 1799 – 23 October 1799:
Joseph Cornudet des Chaumettes
23 October 1799 – 10 November 1799: