Georges Nicolas Jeannet-Oudin

Georges Nicolas Jeannet-Oudin (3 October 1762 – 20 October 1828) was a French politician who served as mayor of Arcis-sur-Aube, civil commissioner of Guiana, agent of the Directory of Guiana and agent of the Directory of Guadeloupe.

Biography Jeannet-Oudin was born in Arcis-sur-Aube on 3 October 1762 to sock maker Louis Nicolas Jeannet and Anne Jeannet. He was raised in a prominent mercantile family. In his youth, he became a cotton merchant like his father. He was Louis-François Jeannet's brother and Georges Danton's cousin. He married Victoria Oudin and outlived her, then married Catherine David.

Legacy Some sources claim that Jeannet-Oudin was a supporter of slavery, but this is contradicted by analysis of Jeannet's writings. This claim was seemingly started by Jean-Pierre Ramel and then spread by historians such as Pierre Pluchon.

Some sources claim that Jeannet-Oudin is Danton's nephew, but Jeannet-Oudin corrects that they were in fact cousins in his book Notes sur quelques passages du mémoire de Ramel.

Jeannet-Oudin is stated by some historians such as Jacques Adélaïde-Merlande and Pierre Pluchon as having fled to the United States after Danton's death. In truth Jeannet never commented on Danton's execution during the crisis of germinal year II, and later claimed that Danton had been treated fairly. This misconception appears to have also been started by Ramel.

Jeannet-Oudin was nicknamed manchot (sleeve) because he had one arm.