List of Presidents of the National Convention

Historians generally divide the Convention's activities into three periods,radical, and reaction, and the policies of presidents of the Convention reflect these distinctions. During the radical and reaction phases, some of the presidents were executed, most by guillotine, committed suicide

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
	Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756–1794)	20 September 1792	4 October 1792	14 days	Girondins
	Jean-François Delacroix (1753–1794)	4 October 1792	18 October 1792	14 days	The Mountain
	Marguerite-Élie Guadet (1758–1794)	18 October 1792	1 November 1792	14 days	Girondins
	Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles (1759–1794)	1 November 1792	15 November 1792	14 days	The Mountain
	Henri Grégoire (1750–1831)	15 November 1792	29 November 1792	14 days	The Plain
	Bertrand Barère (1755–1841)	29 November 1792	13 December 1792	14 days	The Plain
	Jacques Defermon des Chapelières (1756–1831)	13 December 1792	27 December 1792	14 days	Girondins
	Jean-Baptiste Treilhard (1742–1810)	27 December 1792	10 January 1793	14 days	The Plain
	Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud (1753–1793)	10 January 1793	24 January 1793	14 days	Girondins
	Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne (1743–1793)	24 January 1793	7 February 1793	14 days	Girondins
	Jean-Jacques Bréard (1751–1840)	7 February 1793	21 February 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé (1747–1814)	21 February 1793	7 March 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Armand Gensonné (1758–1793)	7 March 1793	21 March 1793	14 days	Girondins
	Jean Debry (1760–1834)	21 March 1793	4 April 1793	14 days	The Plain
	Jean-François-Bertrand Delmas (1751–1798)	4 April 1793 ^{[Notes 1]}	18 April 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Marc David Alba Lasource (1763–1793)	18 April 1793	2 May 1793	14 days	Girondins
	Jean-Baptiste Boyer-Fonfrède (1760–1793)	2 May 1793	16 May 1793	14 days	Girondins
	Maximin Isnard (1755–1825)	16 May 1793	30 May 1793	14 days	Girondins
	François René Mallarmé (1755–1835)	30 May 1793	13 June 1793	14 days	The Mountain

↑ From 9 Apr 1793 to 18 Apr 1793 the functions of president were exercised by vice-president Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière. He was elected president in his own right for the fortnight 27 June 1793 – 11 July 1793

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
	Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois (1749–1796)	13 June 1793	27 June 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Jacques Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière (1753–1829)	27 June 1793	11 July 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Andre Jeanbon Saint Andre (1749–1813)	11 July 1793	25 July 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Georges Jacques Danton (1759–1794)	25 July 1793	8 August 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles (1759–1794)	8 August 1793	22 August 1793	14 days	The Mountain

The following men were elected as presidents of the Convention during its radical phase.

Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Term of office			Political party
Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party
	Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794)	22 August 1793	5 September 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne (1756–1819)	5 September 1793	19 September 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Pierre Joseph Cambon (1756–1820)	19 September 1793	3 October 1793	14 days	The Mountain
	Louis-Joseph Charlier (1754–1797)	3 October 1793	22 October 1793	19 days	The Mountain
	Moïse Antoine Pierre Jean Bayle (1755–1815)	22 October 1793	6 November 1793	15 days	The Mountain
	Pierre-Antoine Lalloy (1749–1846)	6 November 1793	21 November 1793	15 days	The Mountain
	Charles-Gilbert Romme (1750–1795)	21 November 1793	6 December 1793	15 days	The Mountain
	Jean-Henri Voulland (1751–1801)	6 December 1793	21 December 1793	15 days	The Mountain
	Georges Auguste Couthon (1755–1794)	21 December 1793	5 January 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825)	5 January 1794	20 January 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Marc Guillaume Alexis Vadier (1736–1828)	20 January 1794	4 February 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Joseph-Nicolas Barbeau du Barran (1761–1816)	4 February 1794	19 February 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767–1794)	19 February 1794	6 March 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Philippe Rühl (1737–1795)	7 March 1794	21 March 1794	14 days	The Mountain
	Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767–1820)	21 March 1794	5 April 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Jean-Baptiste-André Amar (1755–1816)	5 April 1794	20 April 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Robert Lindet (1746–1825)	20 April 1794	5 May 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Lazare Carnot (1753–1823)	5 May 1794	20 May 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Claude-Antoine Prieur-Duvernois (1763–1832)	20 May 1794	4 June 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794)	4 June 1794	19 June 1794	15 days	The Mountain
	Élie Lacoste (1745–1806)	19 June 1794	5 July 1794	16 days	The Mountain
	Jean-Antoine Louis (1742–1796)	5 July 1794	19 July 1794	14 days	The Mountain

Dates	Name	DOD/Fate
19 July 1794 – 3 August 1794	Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois	8 June 1796
3 August 1794 – 18 August 1794	Philippe Antoine Merlin, dit Merlin de Douai	26 December 1838
18 August 1794 – 2 September 1794	Antoine Merlin de Thionville	14 September 1833
2 September 1794 – 22 September 1794	André Antoine Bernard, dit Bernard de Saintes	19 October 1818
22 September 1794 – 7 October 1794	André Dumont	19 October 1838
7 October 1794 – 22 October 1794	Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès	8 March 1824 One of the few members of La Marais to be elected President Authored Napoleon's Civil Code
22 October 1794 – 6 November 1794	Pierre-Louis Prieur, dit Prieur de la Marne	31 May 1827
6 November 1794 – 24 November 1794	Louis Legendre	13 December 1797, died of natural causes (dementia)
24 November 1794 – 6 December 1794	Jean-Baptiste Clauzel	2 July 1803
6 December 1794 – 21 December 1794	Jean-François Reubell	23 November 1807
21 December 1794 – 6 January 1795	Pierre-Louis Bentabole	22 April 1798
6 January 1795 – 20 January 1795	Étienne-François Le Tourneur	4 October 1817
20 January 1795 – 4 February 1795	Stanislas Joseph François Xavier Rovère	died in 1798 in French Guiana
4 February 1795 – 19 February 1795	Paul Barras	29 January 1829
19 February 1795 – 6 March 1795	François Louis Bourdon	22 June 1798, after being deported to French Guiana
6 March 1795 – 24 March 1795	Antoine Claire Thibaudeau	8 March 1854
24 March 1795 – 5 April 1795	Jean Pelet, also Pelet de la Lozère	26 January 1842
5 April 1795 – 20 April 1795	François-Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas	1828 One of the few members of La Marais to be elected President
20 April 1795 – 5 May 1795	Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès	20 June 1836 One of the few members of La Marais to be elected President
5 May 1795 – 26 May 1795	Théodore Vernier	3 February 1818
26 May 1795 – 4 June 1795	Jean-Baptiste Charles Matthieu	31 October 1833
4 June 1795 – 19 June 1795	Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais	died in 1828 in Paris
19 June 1795 – 4 July 1795	Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray	25 August 1797
4 July 1795 – 19 July 1795	Louis-Gustave Doulcet de Pontécoulant	17 November 1764 – 3 April 1853
19 July 1795 – 3 August 1795	Louis-Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux	24 March 1824
3 August 1795 – 19 August 1795	Pierre Claude François Daunou	20 June 1840
19 August 1795 – 2 September 1795	Marie-Joseph Chénier	10 January 1811
2 September 1795 – 23 September 1795	Théophile Berlier	12 September 1844
23 September 1795 – 8 October 1795	Pierre-Charles-Louis Baudin	1799
8 October 1795 – 26 October 1795	Jean Joseph Victor Génissieu	27 October 1804

following the collapse of the National Convention in late 1795. Administered by a collective leadership of five directors.

[1] From 9 Apr 1793 to 18 Apr 1793 the functions of president were exercised by vice-president Jacques-Alexis Thuriot de la Rosière. He was elected president in his own right for the fortnight 27 June 1793 – 11 July 1793

[Notes 1]