Georges Couthon
French politician and lawyer (1755-1794) · France · On the map · Politicians · Died at 38
Georges Auguste Couthon was a French politician and lawyer known for his service as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution. Couthon was elected to the Committee of Public Safety on 30 May 1793.
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Maximilien Robespierre 5 more1793Named President of the National ConventionOffice21 December 1793 to 5 January 17941792Named Deputy to the National ConventionOffice6 September 1792 to 28 July 17941791Named Deputy to the National Legislative Assembly (France)Office9 September 1791 to 20 September 17921755Born22 December 1755People around Georges
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Along with his close associate Louis Antoine de Saint-Just and Maximilien Robespierre, he formed an unofficial triumvirate within the committee which wielded power during the Reign of Terror until the three were arrested and executed in 1794 during the Thermidorian Reaction. A Freemason, Couthon played an important role in the development of the Law of 22 Prairial, which was responsible for a sharp increase in the number of executions of accused counter-revolutionaries.
