Deputy who moved the Rateau proposal of 1849 to dissolve the Constituent Assembly
Born at Aubeterre-sur-Dronne in 1800, he joined the Bordeaux bar in 1824 and belonged to the reformist dynastic opposition under the July Monarchy. Elected to the Constituent Assembly in April 1848, he sat on the right, voting against the right to work and for the Rome expedition. When the Barrot government took office in December 1848, the Party of Order wanted to be rid of the republican-majority Constituent Assembly, and Rateau was charged with moving its dissolution and a new election before the organic laws were written. The Rateau proposal passed on 29 January 1849. In the Legislative Assembly he voted for the Falloux law and the law of 31 May 1850, but turned against Louis Napoleon in the revision crisis, and after the coup he returned to the Bordeaux bar.
Also known as: Jean-Pierre Lamotte-Rateau
Activities and affiliations
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1824–1848
Law and justice
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1848–1851
France state institutionsRepresentative in the Constituent and Legislative AssembliesMain
Legislature and state representation
Career Timeline
- 1824Advocate at Bordeaux
- 1848–1849Member of the Constituent Assembly
- 1849Rateau proposal adopted (29 January)
- 1849–1851Member of the Legislative Assembly