Jacques-Alphonse Mahul
Jacques-Alphonse Mahul (31 July 1795 - 25 August 1871) [1] was a French columnist and politician.
A liberal activist, he was affiliated with the Carbonari, and was imprisoned for some time at La Force Prison.
He participated in the editing of many liberal newspapers such as the Revue encyclopédique [fr].
Jacques-Alphonse Mahul was Master of Requests at the Conseil d'État (1835), prefect of Haute-Loire (1835-1837), then of Vaucluse (1837-1840) and of Haute-Garonne (1841), general director of the police (1840).
He was deputy of the Aude from 1831 to 1834 and from 1846 to 1848, serving in the majority supporting the July Monarchy.
Te deum à l'autel de la paix
Drawing by Grandville published in La Caricature in November 1831
From left to right: The sparger, general Georges Mouton ; the deacon, general Jean-François Jacqueminot ; a president straddling regulation, Amédée Girod de l'Ain ; 1st carrier, Clément-François-Victor-Gabriel Prunelle ; 2nd carrier, François Benjamin Levrault ; a citizen, King Louis Philippe I , his face hidden by a book; the choir boys, Jean Vatout , Auguste Hilarion de Kératry , Alphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas Bérenger , Antoine Gabriel Jars , Alphonse Jacques Mahul, Hippolyte Ganneron ; the subdeacon.
Drawing by Grandville published in La Caricature in November 1831
From left to right: The sparger, general Georges Mouton ; the deacon, general Jean-François Jacqueminot ; a president straddling regulation, Amédée Girod de l'Ain ; 1st carrier, Clément-François-Victor-Gabriel Prunelle ; 2nd carrier, François Benjamin Levrault ; a citizen, King Louis Philippe I , his face hidden by a book; the choir boys, Jean Vatout , Auguste Hilarion de Kératry , Alphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas Bérenger , Antoine Gabriel Jars , Alphonse Jacques Mahul, Hippolyte Ganneron ; the subdeacon.