1843–1935
○ Natural causes
Communard printer who founded the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party and led the Allemanists
Born in Haute-Garonne in 1843, he became a typesetter in Paris, was arrested in 1862 for organising the first typesetters' strike and then helped found their union. A corporal of the National Guard in 1870, he fought in the Paris Commune, was captured and transported to New Caledonia, returning under the amnesty of 1879. A founder of the French Workers' Party, he sided with Brousse's Possibilists in 1882; expelled from their party in 1890, he founded the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party, which called for the general strike and trade-union autonomy. A co-founder of the SFIO in 1905, he was a deputy from 1906 to 1910.
Activities and affiliations
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1862–
Social movements and organizing
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1871
Military command
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1880–1882
Social movements and organizing
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1882–1890
Federation of the Socialist Workers of France (FTSF, Possibilists)
Social movements and organizing -
1890–1901
Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (POSR, France)Main
Political and party leadership -
1901–1910
France state institutionsDeputy
Legislature and state representation -
1902–1905
French Socialist Party (1902–1905)
Political and party leadership -
1905–
French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)
Legislature and state representation
Career Timeline
- 1862Arrested for organising the first Paris typesetters' strike; helped found their union
- 1871Fought in the Paris Commune; captured and transported to New Caledonia
- 1880Founding member of the French Workers' Party
- 1890–1901Founder and leader of the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party
- 1901Elected deputy
- 1906–1910Deputy (SFIO)