Jacques Regnier

Born in Feurs (Loire) on May 26, 1753, died in Lyon (Rhône) on March 5, 1803, he was a lawman in Trévoux at the time of the Revolution; he adopted the principles of the Revolution and became a prosecutor-syndic of the district of Trévoux in 1790.

Elected on August 30, 1791, as deputy for the Ain in the Legislative Assembly, the 2nd of 6, by 305 votes (345 voters), he was sworn in on October 6, 1791, was a member of the Assignment Committee, the Domain Committee and the Liquidation Committee, had the districts authorized to purchase the arms necessary for the defense of the fatherland, and obtained the dismissal of the 101st Regiment which had mutinied.

He lived in retirement after the session, and was appointed, on 19 Germinal, An VIII, judge of the criminal court of the Rhone, a position he held until his death.