Jean-Baptiste Bouteille

Oswald Jean-Baptiste Michel Augustin Bouteille was born on 13 November 1825 in Manosque, Basses-Alpes (now called Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).^[1] He became an advocate in Manosque. During the Second French Empire he was appointed mayor of Manosque and was elected to the Basses-Alpes General Council, where he was vice-president. During the French Third Republic his first attempt to be elected to the senate was defeated.^[2]

On 5 March 1876 Bouteille was elected Deputy of Basses-Alpes for the Forcalquier constituency by 4,339 votes against 4,329 for his Conservative opponent, M. de Salve. He sat with the moderate left, and was one of the 363. He was reelected on 14 October 1877 by 4,909 votes against 4,486 for M. de Salve, the government candidate. He voted with the Opportunist Republicans, votes against invalidating the deputies of the right, for Article 7, for application of the existing laws of congregations, for the partial amnesty, for invalidation of the elections of Louis Auguste Blanqui and for divorce.^[2] He was reelected on 21 August 1881 by 6,050 votes out of 6,400. He supported the policy of Jules Ferry, approved the Tonkin Campaign and rejected repeal of the Concordat of 1801.^[2] He left office on 5 February 1885.^[1]