Editing Jean Sylvain Bailly (section)

==During the French Revolution==

In a short period of time, Bailly made his way up the judicial ranks. From being the deputy of Paris, he was elected [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]] on 20 May 1789.<ref name = "Longman">{{cite book|title=Chronicle of the French Revolution|publisher=[[Longman]]|date=1989}}</ref>{{rp|96}} Soon after he was elected inaugural president of the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]] (3 June 1789)<ref name = "Longman" />{{rp|98}} and led the famous [[Tennis Court Oath|proceedings in the Tennis Court]] on 20 June, being the first to take the Tennis Court Oath.<ref name = "Schama">{{cite book|title=Citizens|last=Schama|first=Simon|publisher=Penguin|date=1989}}</ref>{{rp|359}} In the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)]] Bailly was one of the deputies who secured the passage of a decree that declared Jews to be French citizens on 17 September 1791. He was met with threats and ridicule for this action. This decree repealed the special taxes that had been imposed on the Jews, as well as all the ordinances existing against them.<ref>{{Jewish Encyclopedia|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=B&artid=139|article=Bailly, Jean-Sylvain|year=1906|pages=455–456|inline=1}}</ref>

Bailly was a member of the ''[[Society of 1789|Club de 1789]]'', one of the best-known societies at the time.<ref name="Brucker" />{{rp|98}} Though calls on his time from his mayoral duties restricted his involvement in the group, by May 1790, Bailly had risen to presiding officer of the club. In 1791, Jean Sylvain Bailly joined the Jacobin Club, but took no active role in it.

Shortly after the [[storming of the Bastille]] on 14 July 1789, he became the first [[mayor of Paris]] under the newly adopted system of the ''[[Paris Commune (French Revolution)|Commune]].''<ref name = "Schama" />{{rp|348}}

[[Image:Le Serment du Jeu de paume.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sketch by [[Jacques-Louis David]] of the Tennis Court Oath. Bailly is pictured in the centre, facing the viewer, his right hand raised. ]]
[[File:Jean Silvain Bailly Garneray David Alix BNF Gallica.jpg|thumb|J.S.Bailly, by Garneray and Alix, after David scene above]]