Oscar-Thomas-Gilbert du Motier, Marquess of La Fayette, was a French soldier and politician. He was the son of Georges du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette and Emilie de Tracy, and the grandson of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, who fought in the American Revolutionary War and was an important figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830.
He was educated at the École Polytechnique and served as an artillery officer in Algeria. He entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1846 and voted, like his father, with the extreme Left. After the revolution of 1848, he received a post in the provisional government; as a member of the Constituent Assembly, he became secretary of the war committee. After the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1851, he retired from public life, but emerged on the establishment of the third republic, becoming a life senator in 1875.
He was educated at the École Polytechnique and served as an artillery officer in Algeria. He entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1846 and voted, like his father, with the extreme Left. After the revolution of 1848, he received a post in the provisional government; as a member of the Constituent Assembly, he became secretary of the war committee. After the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1851, he retired from public life, but emerged on the establishment of the third republic, becoming a life senator in 1875.
Oscar-Thomas-Gilbert du Motier, Marquess of La Fayette, was a French soldier and politician. He was the son of Georges du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette and Emilie de Tracy, and the grandson of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, who fought in the American Revolutionary War and was an important figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830.
He was educated at the École Polytechnique and served as an artillery officer in Algeria. He entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1846 and voted, like his father, with the extreme Left. After the revolution of 1848, he received a post in the provisional government; as a member of the Constituent Assembly, he became secretary of the war committee. After the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1851, he retired from public life, but emerged on the establishment of the third republic, becoming a life senator in 1875.
He was educated at the École Polytechnique and served as an artillery officer in Algeria. He entered the Chamber of Deputies in 1846 and voted, like his father, with the extreme Left. After the revolution of 1848, he received a post in the provisional government; as a member of the Constituent Assembly, he became secretary of the war committee. After the dissolution of the Legislative Assembly in 1851, he retired from public life, but emerged on the establishment of the third republic, becoming a life senator in 1875.
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