Lazare Escarguel

Lazare Escarguel (1816–1893) was a French politician and newspaper editor.

Lazare Escarguel
Lazare Escarguel
French Senator
In office
1882–1891
Member of the National Assembly of France
In office
1871–1882
Mayor of Perpignan
In office
1870–1874
Preceded byJoseph Tournal
Succeeded byJoseph Tournal
Personal details
Born(1816-03-23)23 March 1816
Routier, France
Died26 May 1893(1893-05-26) (aged 77)
Routier, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyRepublican Union

Biography

Elected as a councillor in Perpignan in 1865, Lazare Escarguel became the mayor of that city in 1870. The following year, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Orientales, and was reelected in 1876, 1877 (against Colonel Falcon with 13,235 votes vs 8,276)[1] and in 1881.[2] Escarguel is then elected as a senator for Pyrénées-Orientales from 1882 to 1891.[3] He finally retired in his birth town, where he died in 1893 of apoplexy.

Lazare Escarguel was also a founding member of the newspaper L'Indépendant for its second start in 1868.

References
  1. (in French) Fabricio Cardenas, Vieux papiers des Pyrénées-Orientales, Un agent trop zélé, Rivesaltes le 6 octobre 1877, 17 February 2014
  2. National Assembly biography
  3. Senate biography
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