Antoine Joseph Santerre

Antoine Joseph Santerre (1752-1809) was a popular wealthy French brewer, born in Paris. He assisted at the fall of the Bastille and played a conspicuous part during the Revolution. He became commander of the National Guard in 1792. As a relief in famine he proposed that every citizen should live two days a week on potatoes, and that every man should hang his dog. He conducted King Louis into the judgment, holding him by the arm. With a stamp of his foot, Santerre ordered him to mount the guillotine. After his failure in quelling the insurrection in La Vendée, he was recalled. He was made brigadier-general by Napoleon as a reward for keeping the peace which he would fain have disturbed on the 18th Brumaire in 1797.

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