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French revolutionary (1747?1816)
Pierre Roger Ducos
(25 July 1747 – 16 March 1816), better known as
Roger Ducos
, was a French political figure during the
Revolution
and
First Empire
, a member of the
National Convention
, and of the
Directory
.
In the Revolution
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Born in
Montfort-en-Chalosse
,
Aquitaine
(now in
Landes
department), he was elected deputy to the Convention by the
departement
of the Landes. He sat in
The Plain
(the party which had no clear attitude, and served to sway the vote). He voted for the death of
King
Louis XVI
, without
appeal
or delay, but was not prominent in the Convention afterwards.
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Ducos was a member of the
Council of Five Hundred
, over which he presided on the
18th of Fructidor Coup
(1797). At the end of his term, he became a
justice of the peace
, but after
Barthelemy Catherine Joubert
's
coup d'etat
(the
30 Prairial of the year VIII
, or 18 June 1799), he was named a member of the executive Directory, thanks to the influence of
Paul Barras
, who counted on Ducos as his partisan.
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Consulate, Empire, and exile
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On 9 November 1799, Ducos accepted the
coup d'etat
of
Napoleon Bonaparte
(the
18 Brumaire
), and was one of the three
Provisional Consuls
(with Napoleon and
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes
), becoming vice-president of the
Senate
with the arrival of a stable Consulate formula. He was many times honored under the
Empire
, but in 1814 he abandoned Napoleon, and voted for his deposition.
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He sought to gain the favor of the government of the
Restoration
, but in 1816 was exiled on the basis of the law regarding the
regicides
. He died in March 1816 near
Ulm
, from a carriage accident.
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