François Sébastien Christophe Laporte

François Sébastien Christophe Delaporte, (known as Laporte after 1792), (b. Belfort 15 September 1760, d. Belfort 25 March 1823), was a politician at the time of the French Revolution.

During the Revolution A solicitor in Belfort, François Christophe Sébastien Delaporte was elected from the département of Haut-Rhin first to the National Legislative Assembly in 1791 and then to the Convention in 1792. After returning from work as a représentant en mission to the départements of Meurthe, Moselle and Bas-Rhin, he was in Paris for the trial of Louis XVI, voting for his execution.

In April 1793, he was sent as représentant en mission to the Army of the Ardennes, but he was not able to get along with his three colleagues Deville, Hentz and Milhaud. He was then sent on a new mission with Jacques Reverchon to put down the Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention. After the city surrendered, he reported the judgements of the Revolutionary Tribunal to the Convention, but left the task of repression to Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois and Joseph Fouché. He was then sent to the Army of the Alps in Nice. After the Bourbon restoration he was not subject to any sanctions and was allowed to live in peace, despite being a regicide.