colleagues in protesting the coup d'état of 2 December 1851. He took refuge with his friend, M. Bugnet, a professor at the law school, to avoid arrest. He returned to the bar, and held no government office after this. He died in Paris on 1 April 1860. References Citations Sources 1804 births 1860 deaths Politicians from Paris Moderate Republicans (France) French Ministers of Justice French Ministers of Agriculture and Commerce French Ministers of Religious Affairs Members of the 6th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 7th Chamber of Deputies of the July Monarchy Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly