Editing Jean-François Rewbell (section)

==The revolutionary==
Born at [[Colmar]] (now in the ''[[Département in France|département]]'' of [[Haut-Rhin]]), he became president of the local order of [[lawyer]]s, and in 1789 was elected as a deputy to the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]] by the [[Estates of the realm|Third Estate]] of the ''[[Bailiwick|bailliage]]'' of Colmar-Schlestadt.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Rewbell, Jean François|volume=23|page=225}}</ref>

In the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]] his [[Public speaking|oratory]], legal knowledge and austerity of life gave him much influence.<ref name="EB1911"/> A partisan of revolutionary reforms, Rewbell voted in favor of reforms such as the ''[[Civil Constitution of the Clergy]]'', but opposed the recognition of [[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen|citizenship rights]] for [[History of the Jews in France|Alsatian Jews]].

In July 1791, after the flight of [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]], the [[French Constitution of 1791|constitutional king]], Rewbell left the [[Jacobin Club]] and joined the ''[[Feuillant (political group)|Feuillants]]''. During the session of the [[Legislative Assembly (France)|Legislative Assembly]], after the Constituent Assembly was dissolved in September of that year, he exercised the functions of ''[[Syndic|procureur syndic]]'', and was subsequently secretary-general of the ''département'' of Haut-Rhin.<ref name="EB1911"/> He was elected to the [[French First Republic|Republic]]'s [[National Convention]] in 1792, and was its envoy to the [[Rhineland]], advocating the union of the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]] and other territories with France.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} A zealous promoter of the [[Trial of Louis XVI]], he was absent on mission at the time of the king's condemnation.<ref name="EB1911"/>