Deputy, professor, "Death for France" on January 13, 1915. Professor at Political Science School (École Libre des Sciences Politiques-Sciences Po) (from 1899), author of several books devoted to political and economic subjects, he also became a winegrower owner. On May 6, 1906, he was elected deputy of Hérault on the first ballot, and was re-elected on May 8, 1910. Captain of artillery during the First World War, he was wounded in the head on January 13, 1915 in combat in the north of Soissons and died on January 17 in a German ambulance