Lazare Escarguel (1816–1893) was a French politician and newspaper editor.
Lazare Escarguel | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Lazare Escarguel | |
| French Senator | |
| In office 1882–1891 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of France | |
| In office 1871–1882 | |
| Mayor of Perpignan | |
| In office 1870–1874 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Tournal |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Tournal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1816 Routier, France |
| Died | 26 May 1893 (aged 77) Routier, France |
| Political party | Republican Union |
Biography
editElected as a councillor in Perpignan in 1865, Lazare Escarguel became the mayor of that city in 1870. The following year, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Orientales, and was reelected in 1876, 1877 (against Colonel Falcon with 13,235 votes vs 8,276)[1] and in 1881.[2] Escarguel is then elected as a senator for Pyrénées-Orientales from 1882 to 1891.[3] He finally retired in his birth town, where he died in 1893 of apoplexy.
Lazare Escarguel was also a founding member of the newspaper L'Indépendant for its second start in 1868.
References
edit- ^ (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Un agent trop zélé, Rivesaltes le 6 octobre 1877, 17 February 2014
- ^ National Assembly biography
- ^ Senate biography