[1] After fighting on the barricades in July 1830 he remained with the opposition, and soon became a leading member of the Republican party.

He submitted a double bill to the Assembly prohibiting any armed meeting or association, and extending the ban from French territory to Louis Philippe and his family.

[1] In June 1848 Recurt contributed to the repression of the riots, and personally helped the attack on the Faubourg Saint-Antoine.

On 28 June 1848 he received the portfolio of Public Works in the ministry of General Louis-Eugène Cavaignac.

He resigned from this office after the election as President of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, and from then on played an insignificant role in the Assembly.