1. ledru-rollin, alexandra auguste a French democrat, born near Paris; called to the bar in 1830; became a leader of the democratic movement in the reign of Louis Philippe, and gained the title of the "Tribune of the Revolution"; in 1848 he became a member of the Provisional Government; was Minister of the Interior; secured for France the privilege of universal suffrage; his opposition to LouisNapoleon obliged him to seekrefuge in England, where he took part in a general democratic movement, and an amnestybeing granted, he returned to France in 1870; was elected to the Assembly, but his power was gone; died suddenly (1807-1874).
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