deputy for Tarn on 20 February 1876 on the Appel au peuple platform and reelected on the same platform on 14 October 1877. His election on 14 October 1877 was subject to the thorough and lengthy investigation due to the fact the Reille had been an assistant of Oscar Bardi de Fourtou. Although cleared by the official inquiry, his election was invalidated due to official pressure on 1 December 1878. Reille was reelected on 2 February 1879 and resumed his place with the imperialist majority. After being reelected on 21 August 1881 he continued to vote with the conservative minority, and participated in debates on military subjects. In April 1884 he was rapporteur of the colonial army project. In June 1885 he submitted a counter-proposal to the military law to return to a mixed system of a permanent army with a mobile lagar. He was reelected for Tarn on the Union des Droites platform on 4 October 1885. He voted against the Lisbonne law defining freedom of the press, and against the prosecution of General Georges Ernest Boulanger. In the election of 22 September 1889 Reille was elected for the 2nd district of Castres, presenting himself as a "resolute conservative and a sincere Catholic." During this legislative session a prolonged strike broke out at the Carmaux mines, of which he chaired the board of directors. The anarchists made an attempt on his life on the avenue de l'Opéra, from which he escaped although there were other victims. He was reelected on 18 March 1894 and 8 May 1898, holding office until his death on 21 November 1898. Reille was President of the Comité des forges from 1890 until his death. René Reille died in Paris on 21 November 1898. He was survived by three sons, André, Xavier et Amédée, to represent the department of Tarn after him. His widow, the baronne Reille, became the second president of the Ligue patriotique des Françaises (League of Patriotic French Women). Notes Sources 1835 births 1898 deaths Politicians from Paris French Roman Catholics Appel au peuple Members of the 4th Corps législatif of the Second French Empire Members of the 1st Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 2nd Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 3rd Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third