Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe, 2nd Count Boulay de La Meurthe (15 July 1797 – 24 November 1858) was a French politician who served as
vice president of France
The vice president of the Republic (french: vice-président de la République) was an office that existed in France only during the Second Republic (1848–1852), and only ever had one holder, Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe, elected in Janua ...
from 1849 to 1852, and is the only person to ever have that title.
Biography
He was born in
Nancy, France
Nancy ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Nanzisch'' is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, an ...
in 1797.
A staunch
Republican
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Political ideology
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and
Bonapartist
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, he was elected to the Provisional Assembly in 1848, and was elected
Vice President
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on 20 January 1849. He served until 14 January 1852, upon which the post, and the
Second Republic itself, were abolished. He served in the
Senate
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from 26 January 1852 until his death on 24 November 1858.
He died in
Paris, France
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on 24 November 1858 at the age of 61.
References
External links
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* Pour la famille Boulay (de la Meurthe) : voir la revue ''Généalogie Lorraine'' 128, revue de l'Union des Cercles Généalogiques Lorrains (UCGL), ainsi que
article en ligne
1797 births
1858 deaths
Vice presidents
Politicians from Nancy, France
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