Arthur Legrand (28 October 1833 – 8 May 1916) was a French lawyer, public servant and politician who represented Manche in the legislature almost continuously from 1871 to his death in 1916.

His political beliefs were Bonapartist and conservative at first, and later he ran as an independent.. Arthur Marie Alexis Legrand was born on 28 October 1833 in Paris.

[1] His parents were Baptiste Victor Alexis Legrand(fr) (1791–1848) and Marie Françoise Anasthasie de Roux (1807–1859).

He was attached to the public works section, which his father had presided over, and became secretary of many committees include those on the merchant marine, the sliding scale, the rural code, credit institutions and mining legislation.

[5] After Léon Gambetta dissolved the departmental general councils on 26 December 1870 Legrand and Napoléon, comte Daru, protested the measure.

He was appointed to committees on railways, canals, markets, the Bank of France and the Sacré Cœur of Montmartre, for which he submitted a draft that became law.

He submitted many legal proposals concerning primary education, the merchant navy, gendarmes, distillers and a Postal Savings Bank.

[1] Legrand was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Mortain district of Manche of 20 February 1876 by 9,898 votes to 3,904 for his republican opponent.