Jacques Hébrard (21 February 1841 – 5 April 1917) was a French journalist and politician. He was Senator for

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from 1882 to 1891, and

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for

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from 1894 to 1903.

Early years

Jacques Hébrard was born in

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, on 21 February 1841. His brother was Adrien Hébrard^{( fr)}. He contributed to the newspaper ''

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'', and became director of this paper.

Senator

Hébrard was elected Senator for French India on 10 January 1882. He ran for election for the Senate after

Charles de Freycinet Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet (; 14 November 1828 – 14 May 1923) was a French statesman and four times Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War (1888–1893). He belonged to the Opp ...

, who had been elected for both the Seine and for French India, chose to represent the Seine. He won by 41 votes against 6 for Edmond About, his sole competitor. He replaced

Pierre Desbassyns de Richemont Pierre-Philippe-Alexandre Panon Desbassyns de Richemont (29 January 1833 – 11 November 1912) was a French archaeologist, historian and politician. Between 1871 and 1882 he represented French India first in the National Assembly and then in the S ...

. He held office until 10 January 1891. Hébrard sat with the left, and consistently voted with the Senate majority. He voted for the policy of the opportunistic ministries, for reform of the magistrature, for divorce, for credits for the Tonkin expedition for exile of the princes, for the new military law and for reestablishment of the district ballot. He voted in favour of prosecution of

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, and abstained on the draft

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restricting freedom of the press. Hébrard failed to be reelected on 11 January 1891, winning 44 votes against his opponent Jules Godin's 46 votes. Hébrard ran for election as Senator of Corsica on 3 June 1894 in a by-election following the death of François Pitti-Ferrandi. The validity of the election was challenged, but was upheld by the senate of 5 July 1894. He sat with the Republican left. He scarcely participated in the senate debates, apart from two brief interventions on Corsican maritime services and an emergency stock of wheat for Corsica.

Last years

Hébrard did not run for reelection on 4 January 1903. He resumed his career as a journalist, and was also known as an art collector. He retired due to ill health on 1914 and retired to Menton. Jacques Hébrard died in

Menton Menton (; , written ''Menton'' in classical norm or ''Mentan'' in Mistralian norm; it, Mentone ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border. Me ...

, Alpes-Maritimes, on 5 April 1917.

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