Nicolas Joseph Péraldi was born on 18 March 1841 in Ajaccio, Corsica.

He was again elected municipal councilor on 13 January 1878, and was appointed Mayor of Ajaccio on 25 June 1878.

[1] In 1881 Bonapartists loyal Victor, Prince Napoléon, removed Peraldi from his office as mayor.

[4] Péraldi was elected to the legislature on 2 September 1881 on the second ballot by 6,850 votes against 5,771 for M. Cunéo d'Ornano.

[7] Péraldi ran in the senate by-election of 3 June 1894 to replace Pitti-Ferrandi, who had died, but lost by 370 votes against 377 for Jacques Hébrard, a former senator of French India and director of Le Temps.

Péraldi did not run for reelection in the triennial renewal of 4 January 1903, or in the by-elections of 15 February 1903 and 18 September 1904.

[7] Péraldi ran in the by-election of 3 January 1909 held to replace Arthur Ranc and Emmanuel Arène, who had both died.