of 851 of the new deputies had been republicans before the February Revolution, and only six candidates of the radical republicans were elected. They were Flocon, Martin, Blanc, Caussidière, Ledru-Rollin and Agricol Perdiguier. Flocon was chosen by the Executive Committee as Minister of Commerce and Agriculture from 11 May to 28 June 1848. Flocon was hostile to the demonstrators in the June Days Uprising (23–26 June 1848). He thought that if the uprising had succeeded it would have paved the way for an autocrat to take charge. He supported the assignment of dictatorial power to General Louis-Eugène Cavaignac. However, he was not included in the cabinet formed by Cavaignac at the end of June 1848. After he left government, Flocon consistently voted with the left, including voting for an amnesty for the June insurgents. He failed to be reelected to the Legislative Assembly in May 1849. He moved to Strasbourg, where he edited le Démocrate du Rhin, a bi-lingual newspaper. In July 1849 Flocon ran as candidate for Representative for Montpellier, a seat that had been vacated by Ledru-Rollin. He did not campaign actively and was not elected. Last years Flocon spoke out against 2 December 1851 coup d'état in which Louis Napoleon came to power, and was banished from France. He moved to Switzerland, where he continued to agitate for democracy and worked as a bookseller in Geneva and Lausanne. Under pressure from the French government, he was placed under house arrest in Zurich, where he lived in poverty. He died on 15 March 1866 in Lausanne. Works Ballades allemandes. Translation of the works of Gottfried August Bürger (1827) References Notes Citations Sources 1800 births 1866 deaths Politicians from Paris The Mountain (1849) politicians French Ministers of Agriculture and Commerce Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly 19th-century French journalists French male journalists 19th-century French male writers Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery