Alexandre Mauguin (30 January 1838 – 4 March 1916) was a French printer who was deputy and then senator of the department of Algiers in
French Algeria
French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...
between 1881 and 1894.
Early years (1838–81)
Alexandre Mauguin was born on 30 January 1838 in
Allerey
Allerey () is a Communes of France, commune in the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Alériens'' or ''Alériennes''
Geography
Alle ...
, Côte-d'Or.
He was related to
François Mauguin
François Mauguin (24 February 1785 - 4 June 1854) was a French lawyer and politician. He was a Deputy from 1827 to 1848 and a Representative in 1848 and 1849.
He played a leading role in the July Revolution of 1830. At first a passionate liberal ...
(1785–1854), a Representative during the
French Second Republic
The French Second Republic (french: Deuxième République Française or ), officially the French Republic (), was the republican government of France that existed between 1848 and 1852. It was established in February 1848, with the February Revo ...
in 1848 and 1849.
The orator Francois Mauguin, who inspired the charter of July 1830 and was deputy of Beaune from 1827 to 1851, was his uncle.
Alexandre Mauguin was unusually tall for the period at .
Mauguin created the imprimerie Mauguin in
Blida in 1847.
He became mayor of Blida, a member of the general council of the department of Algiers, and vice-president of the general council.
Politician (1881–94)
Mauguin ran for election as Republican candidate for the legislature on 21 August 1881 in the 2nd district of Algiers.
He was elected by 3,596 votes against 2,675 for the outgoing member François Joseph Gastu
( fr).
In the house Mauguin voted with the majority, including for credits for the
Tonkin Campaign.
On 25 January 1885 Mauguin was elected to the senate by 130 votes against 105 for the outgoing senator
Ferdinand Lelièvre.
He sat with the Republican majority, supported government policy, and voted for reinstatement of the district poll, for the draft
Lisbonne law The Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881 (french: Loi sur la liberté de la presse du 29 juillet 1881), often called the Press Law of 1881 or the Lisbonne Law after its rapporteur, Eugène Lisbonne, is a law that defines the freedoms and ...
restricting freedom of the press, and for the Senate procedure against
General Boulanger
Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger (29 April 1837 – 30 September 1891), nicknamed Général Revanche ("General Revenge"), was a French general and politician. An enormously popular public figure during the second decade of the Third Repub ...
.
His term ended on 6 January 1894.
Mauguin ran for reelection to the senate in 1894.
After obtaining only two votes in the first round, he withdrew from the second round.
Paul Gérente was elected.
Alexandre Mauguin died on 4 March 1916 in Algiers, Algeria.
The printing house was passed down from father to son until it was taken over by his great-granddaughter, Chantal Lefèvre, after her return from Spain to Algeria in 1993.
As of 2014 the printing house was still producing books.
Publications
Publications by Mauguin include:
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1838 births
1916 deaths
People from Côte-d'Or
French people of colonial Algeria
Opportunist Republicans
Members of the 3rd Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of Parliament for French Algeria
Senators of French Algeria
French general councillors
Mayors of places in Algeria