▁death ▁P ét ion ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Convention ▁for ▁E ure - et - Lo ir ▁and ▁became ▁its ▁first ▁president . ▁After ▁his ▁election ▁he ▁stood ▁down ▁as ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Paris ▁and ▁Nicolas ▁Ch amb on ▁de ▁Mont aux ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁replace ▁him . ▁ ▁L . P . ▁ ▁Manuel ▁proposed ▁that ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁Assembly ▁should ▁have ▁the ▁same ▁authority ▁as ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ; ▁his ▁proposition ▁was ▁at ▁once ▁rejected , ▁but ▁P ét ion ▁got ▁the ▁nick name ▁of ▁" R oi ▁P ét ion ," ▁which ▁contributed ▁to ▁his ▁fall . ▁With ▁disag re ements ▁over ▁such ▁items ▁as ▁the ▁necessity ▁of ▁the ▁September ▁Mass ac res , ▁the ▁Convention ▁was ▁a ▁scene ▁of ▁large - scale ▁political ▁inf ight ing ▁between ▁different ▁fa ctions . ▁The ▁Gir ond ins ▁represented ▁the ▁moder ate ▁Right ▁in ▁the ▁Convention ▁while ▁their ▁more ▁radical ▁oppon ents , ▁the ▁Mont agn ards , ▁represented ▁the ▁Left ▁and ▁were ▁distinguished ▁by ▁their ▁preference ▁for ▁occup ying ▁the ▁higher ▁rows ▁of ▁ben ches ▁in ▁the ▁Convention . ▁His ▁je alous y ▁of ▁Rob esp ierre ▁al lied ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁Gir ond in ▁party , ▁with ▁which ▁he ▁voted ▁for ▁the ▁king ' s ▁death ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁appeal ▁to ▁the ▁people . ▁He ▁participated ▁to ▁the ▁Constitution ▁Committee ▁that ▁draft ed ▁the ▁Gir ond in ▁constitution al ▁project . ▁He ▁was ▁elected ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 7 9 3 ▁to ▁the ▁Commission ▁( not ▁the