Pierre Joigneaux
French politician (1815-1892)
Pierre Joigneaux (23 December 1815 in Ruffey-lès-Beaune – 26 January 1892 in Asnières) was a French journalist and politician of the far-left.
Early life
Joigneaux studied at the Central School of Paris and entered into the democratic presse at the age of 25.
A collaborator of the Journal du Peuple, the Corsaire, the Charvari, and Feuille du Village he put up a strong opposition to the government of Louis Philippe d'Orleans, and was condemned in 1838 to 4 years in prison for articles published in The Free Man, a republican journal printed in secret.
During this time he published another journal, Les Prisons de Paris.
In Beaune, 1843, he published the journal, Chronique de Bourgogne then La Sentinelle beaunoise in 1845. In Dijon he published: le Courrier de la Côte d'Or, with others including Mathieu de la Drôme, le Vigneron des Deux-Bourgognes and la Revue Industrielle et agricole de la Bourgogne.
He continued publishing various journals, both republican and otherwise, mostly agronomy until the Springtime of the people.
Political career
His political life began in 1848, he was named vice commissioner of the Republic in the arrondissements of Châtillon-sur-Seine. He was elected representative of the people at the constituent assembly, where he sat on the far left. He was considered as a candidate for president in 1852.
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