A solicitor in Belfort, François Christophe Sébastien Delaporte was elected from the département of Haut-Rhin first to the National Legislative Assembly in 1791 and then to the Convention in 1792.
After returning from work as a représentant en mission to the départements of Meurthe, Moselle and Bas-Rhin, he was in Paris for the trial of Louis XVI, voting for his execution.
[2] In April 1793, he was sent as représentant en mission to the Army of the Ardennes, but he was not able to get along with his three colleagues Deville, Hentz and Milhaud.
[4] After the city surrendered, he reported the judgements of the Revolutionary Tribunal to the Convention, but left the task of repression to Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois and Joseph Fouché.
[3] After the Thermidorean Reaction (27 July 1794), he was in charge of applying the policies of the Thermidorian Convention in Lyon.