Gustave Mesureur

Biography:

Gustave Émile Eugène Mesureur French politician was born at Marcq-en-Barœul on 2 April 1847. He worked as a designer in Paris and became prominent as a member of the municipal council of Paris; rousing much angry discussion by a proposal to rename the Parisian streets which bore saints' names. In 1887 he became president of the council. The same year he entered the Chamber of Deputies taking his place with the extreme left.