Votes on the death of Louis XVI

A series of votes were held at the end of the trial of Louis XVI to determine his guilt and the appropriate punishment.

Next, from 10:30 am on Wednesday 16 January until the evening of Thursday 17 January, without interruption, a roll-call vote was conducted on the third question, starting with the département of Haute-Garonne:[3]: 228 [4]: 92–110 It was then that Jean-Baptiste Mailhe, the first to speak, declared: "As a natural consequence of the opinion that I have already expressed on the first question, I vote for the death of Louis.

If death has the majority, I think that it would be worthwhile for the National Convention to examine whether it would not be politic and useful to hasten, or to delay, the moment of execution.

At the session on Saturday 19 January, despite fierce opposition from Jean-Paul Marat, on the motion of fr:René-Pierre Choudieu, the Convention decreed that it would immediately discuss the question of a reprieve, and that the question would be put as follows:[7] The roll call vote was held in alphabetical order by département, starting with Gers.

On 13 December 1792 the General Council of the Cantal department appointed fr:Jean-Pierre Malhes to replace him.

Note: During the session on Friday January 18, Gasparin and Delacroix reported errors “in the statement of the decree issued yesterday”.