Gustave Mesureur

Gustave Émile Eugène Mesureur (2 April 1847 – 19 August 1925) was a French politician.

He worked as a designer in Paris, and became prominent as a member of the municipal council of Paris; rousing much angry discussion by a proposal to rename the Parisian streets which bore saints' names.

The same year he entered the Chamber of Deputies, taking his place with the extreme left.

He joined the Léon Bourgeois ministry of 1895-1896 as minister of commerce, industry, post and telegraphs, was vice-president of the Chamber from 1898 to 1902, and presided over the Budget Commission of 1899, 1901 and 1902.

1853), was well known as a writer of light verse and of some charming children's books.