Cordelier and Hébertist who served as secretary-general of the War Ministry
As secretary-general of the War Ministry he filled its offices with radical patriots; arrested with the Hébertists in March 1794, he was executed on 24 March.
The son of a Paris prison concierge, Vincent worked as a lawyer’s clerk. An early member of the Cordeliers Club, where he served as secretary, he entered the General Council of the Paris Commune after the rising of 10 August 1792. In April 1793 he became secretary-general of the War Ministry under Bouchotte and filled its offices with radical patriots. Arrested in December 1793 and freed the following February, he joined the Hébertist campaign against the Indulgents and the revolutionary government. In the course he appears among those arrested in March 1794 with Hébert, Ronsin, Momoro and others and executed on 24 March. No material evidence was produced for the conspiracy charges against them.
Activities and affiliations
- 1793–1793 Government and administration · French First Republic state institutions
- –1794 Social movements and organizing · Cordeliers Club
- 1792– Government and administration · Paris Commune (1789–1795)
Career Timeline
- 1792Entered the General Council of the Paris Commune after 10 August, replacing Fabre d’Églantine.
- 1793Appointed secretary-general of the War Ministry under Bouchotte in April.
- 1793–1794Arrested on 17 December on the orders of the Committee of General Security; released on 2 February.
- 1794Re-arrested with Hébert on 14 March and executed on 24 March.