List of members of the National Congress of Belgium

This is a list of members of the National Congress of Belgium. The National Congress was the constituent assembly of Belgium, sitting from 1830 to 1831. It had 200 members, elected on 3 November 1830 to represent modern Belgium, Luxembourg, and Limburg. When those elected died or resigned from the Congress, substitutes took their places, meaning that a total of 236 people sat in the Congress.

These people represented a range of political opinions. Orangists favoured reconciliation with the Netherlands, whilst Unionists favoured secession and union with France.

List

Name	Faction(s)	District
Lactance Allard		Tournai
Joseph Andries	Catholic democrat	Ghent
Charles Annez de Zillebecke	Conservative Catholic	Sint-Niklaas
Jean Barbanson	Anti-clericalist	Brussels
Antoine Barthélémy	Anti-clericalist	Brussels
François Baugniet		Nivelles
Louis Beaucarne	Catholic democrat	Oudenaarde
Nicolas Berger	Anti-clericalist	Arlon
Théodore Berthels (substitute)		Nivelles
Félix Bethune	Moderate Catholic	Kortrijk
François Beyts	Anti-clericalist	Brussels
André Biver (substitute)		Luxembourg
Charles Blargnies	Unionist with France sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Mons
Pierre-Adrien Blomme		Dendermonde
Jacques Bosmans	Conservative Catholic	Mechelen
Philippe-Joseph Boucqeau de Villeraie	Conservative Catholic	Mechelen
Jean-Baptiste Brabant		Namur
Léopold Bredart	Anti-clericalist	Ath
Victor Buylaert		Diksmuide
Joseph Buyse-Verscheure	Catholic democrat	Kortrijk
Hyacinthe Cartuyvels (substitute)		Waremme
Emmanuel Cauvin		Tournai
Jean-Baptiste Claes	Orangist	Antwerp
Pierre Claes	Moderate liberal	Leuven
Emmanuel Claus	Unionist with France	Mons
Albert Cogels	Orangist / Moderate Catholic	Antwerp
Henri Cogels	Orangist / Moderate Catholic	Antwerp
Jean-François Collet	Anti-clericalist	Verviers
Jean-Baptiste Cols (substitute)		Nivelles
Charles Coppens	Anti-clericalist	Ghent
Louis Coppens	Anti-clericalist	Ghent
Charles Coppieters Stochove	Conservative Catholic	Bruges
Ferdinand Cornet de Grez	Orangist / Moderate liberal	Brussels
Philippe Corten	Catholic democrat	Leuven
Nicholas-Joseph Cruts (substitute)		Maastricht
Pierre-Ernest Dams	Anti-clericalist	Grevenmacher
Jean-Baptiste d'Ansembourg	Orangist / Conservative Catholic	Maastricht
Philippe d'Arschot Schoonhoven	Moderate liberal	Brussels
Pierre David	Unionist with France / Anti-clericalist	Verviers
Gilles Davignon		Verviers
Henri Dayeneux (substitute)	Unionist with France / Anti-clericalist	Marche-en-Famenne
Joseph de Baillet	Orangist / Conservative Catholic	Nivelles
Jean De Behr	Conservative Catholic	Liège
Charles de Bergeyck	Orangist / Moderate liberal	Sint-Niklaas
Gustave de Bocarme (substitute)		Soignies
Philippe de Bousies (substitute)		Mons
Charles de Bousies de Rouveroy	Anti-clericalist	Thuin
Charles de Brouckère	Anti-clericalist	Hasselt
Henri de Brouckère	Anti-clericalist	Roermond
Philippe de Celles	Moderate liberal	Brussels
François de Coninck	Conservative Catholic	Ypres
Feuillien de Coppin	Moderate liberal	Dinant
Joseph de Decker	Moderate Catholic	Dendermonde
Eugène Defacqz	Anti-clericalist	Ath
Leo de Foere	Catholic democrat	Bruges
Etienne Constantin de Gerlache	Orangist sympathiser / Conservative Catholic	Liège
Désiré de Haerne	Catholic democrat	Roeselare
Clément de Hemptinne	Orangist / Anti-clericalist	Nivelles
Gustave de Jonghe	Anti-clericalist	Ghent
Auguste de Jonghe d'Ardoye	Moderate liberal	Thuin
Justin de Labbeville	Unionist with France	Namur
François De Langhe	Anti-clericalist	Ypres
Jean Ghisbert de Leeuw	Catholic democrat	Huy
Josse Joseph de Lehaye	Unionist with France / Moderate liberal	Ghent
Auguste De Leuze	Conservative Catholic	Thuin
François d'Elhoungne (substitute)		Leuven
Pierre de Liedel de Well	Orangist / Moderate liberal	Roermond
Louis Delwarde	Unionist with France / Anti-clericalist	Aalst
Edmond de Man	Anti-clericalist	Veurne
Antoine De Meer de Moorsel	Conservative Catholic	Aalst
Maximilien Demelin (substitute)		Nivelles
Félix de Mérode	Moderate Catholic	Maastricht
Werner de Mérode	Conservative Catholic	Soignies
Felix de Muelenaere	Moderate liberal	Bruges
Jean de Neeff (substitute)		Leuven
Pierre-Jean Denef	Catholic democrat	Turnhout
Jean-Marie de Pelichy van Huerne	Conservative Catholic	Bruges
Florimond De Quarre	Conservative Catholic	Namur
Clément de Renesse-Breidbach	Orangist / Moderate liberal	Maastricht
Alexandre de Robaulx	Anti-clericalist	Philippeville
François de Robiano	Conservative Catholic	Mechelen
Charles de Rodes	Conservative Catholic	Ghent
Charles de Roo	Moderate Catholic	Tielt
Edouard de Rouille	Conservative Catholic	Ath
Pierre de Ryckere	Orangist / Moderate liberal	Ghent
Etienne de Sauvage		Liège
Louis de Schiervel	Moderate Catholic	Roermond
François de Sécus	Orangist sympathiser / Conservative Catholic	Mons
Frédéric de Sécus	Orangist sympathiser / Conservative Catholic	Ath
Louis de Sebille	Moderate liberal	Thuin
Michel-Laurent de Selys Longchamps	Anti-clericalist	Waremme
Pierre Desmanet de Biesme	Anti-clericalist	Namur
Camille de Smet	Anti-clericalist	Oudenaarde
Eugène de Smet		Ghent
Joseph de Smet	Catholic democrat	Ghent
Goswin de Stassart	Unionist with France sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Namur
François de Stockhem-Méan	Orangist / Conservative Catholic	Liège
Charles Destouvelles	Orangist / Anti-clericalist	Maastricht
Pierre Destrivaux	Unionist with France sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Liège
Louis Deswert (substitute)		Leuven
Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt	Conservative Catholic	Hasselt
Laurent De Thier	Unionist with France / Conservative Catholic	Verviers
Rutger de Tiecken de Terhove	Moderate Catholic	Maastricht
Georges de Trazegnies	Orangist	Charleroi
Paul Devaux	Moderate liberal	Bruges
Théophile De Ville	Conservative Catholic	Nivelles
Guillaume de Viron	Conservative Catholic	Brussels
Louis de Waha-Grisard (substitute)		Liège
Henri de Wandre (substitute)		Liège
Alphonse de Woelmont d'Opleeuw	Moderate liberal	Hasselt
Guillaume d'Hanens-Peers	Conservative Catholic	Sint-Niklaas
Antoine d'Hanis de Cannart	Orangist / Conservative Catholic	Antwerp
Edouard d'Huart	Moderate liberal	Virton
Jacques d'Martigny	Anti-clericalist	Grevenmacher
Jean-Baptiste d'Omalius-Thierry (substitute)		Liège
François Domis	Orangist / Conservative Catholic	Mechelen
Alexandre d'Oreye		Liège
Emile Oultremont (substitute)		Liège
Pascsal Dreze		Verviers
Ferdinand du Bois	Orangist / Conservative Catholic	Antwerp
François du Bus	Conservative Catholic	Tournai
Guillaume Dumont	Anti-clericalist	Charleroi
Dieudonné du Val de Beaulieu	Orangist sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Mons
Théodore d'Yve de Bavay	Moderate liberal	Soignies
Isidore Fallon (substitute)		Namur
Théophile Fallon	Anti-clericalist	Namur
Louis Fendius	Moderate liberal	Luxembourg
Joseph-Stanislas Fleussu	Anti-clericalist	Waremme
Joseph Forgeur	Unionist with France sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Huy
Emmanuel François	Moderate liberal	Virton
Eugène Fransman	Unionist with France / Catholic democrat	Aalst
Jules Frison	Unionist with France / Anti-clericalist	Charleroi
Nicolas Gelders	Moderate liberal	Roermond
Alexandre Gendebien	Unionist with France sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Mons
Jean-Baptiste Gendebien	Unionist with France sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Charleroi
Jean-François Gendebien	Moderate liberal	Soignies
Louis Geudens	Moderate Catholic	Turnhout
Ferdinand Goethals-Bischoff	Moderate Catholic	Kortrijk
Jean Goethals	Catholic democrat	Kortrijk
Pacifique Goffint	Unionist with France / Anti-clericalist	Mons
Robert Helias d'Huddeghem	Conservative Catholic	Ghent
Jean-François Hennequin	Anti-clericalist	Maastricht
Ignace Henry	Anti-clericalist	Dinant
Philippe Huysman d'Annecroix	Orangist / Moderate liberal	Brussels
Louis Jacobs (substitute)		Antwerp
Théodore Jacques	Anti-clericalist	Marche-en-Famenne
Joseph Jamine (substitute)		Hasselt
Augustin Janssens	Moderate Catholic	Sint-Niklaas
Jean-Baptiste Joos	Moderate Catholic	Marche-en-Famenne
Lucien Jottrand	Orangist sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Brussels
Jean-Baptiste Kockaert	Moderate Catholic	Brussels
François Lardinois	Unionist with France / Anti-clericalist	Verviers
Joseph Lebeau	Moderate liberal	Huy
Louis Le Bègue	Catholic democrat	Eeklo
Charles Le Bon	Catholic democrat	Turnhout
Mathieu Leclercq	Orangist sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Liège
Charles Lecocq	Anti-clericalist	Tournai
Albert Lefebvre	Conservative Catholic	Brussels
Gérard Le Grelle	Orangist / Conservative Catholic	Antwerp
Charles Le Hon	Orangist sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Tournai
François Lehon	Anti-clericalist	Tournai
François Lesaffre	Moderate Catholic	Kortrijk
Charles Liedts	Moderate liberal	Oudenaarde
Jean MacLagan	Orangist / Anti-clericalist	Ostend
Guillaume Marcq		Brussels
Jean-Baptiste Marlet	Anti-clericalist	Neufchâteau
Hubert Masbourg	Conservative Catholic	Bastogne
Ferdinand Meeus	Moderate liberal	Brussels
Pierre Morel-Danheel	Moderate Catholic	Diksmuide
Léon Mulle	Moderate liberal	Ypres
Gérard Nagelmackers	Anti-clericalist	Liège
Gustave Nalinne	Anti-clericalist	Charleroi
Albert Nopener	Anti-clericalist	Nivelles
Jean-Baptiste Nothomb	Moderate liberal	Arlon
Théodore Olislagers de Sipernau	Orangist sympathiser / Conservative Catholic	Roermond
Léonard Ooms	Catholic democrat	Turnhout
Henri Orban-Rossius	Orangist	Liège
Jean Osy	Orangist / Moderate liberal	Antwerp
Antoine Peemans	Anti-clericalist	Leuven
Pierre-Egide Peeters	Moderate Catholic	Turnhout
Jean-Baptiste Pettens	Conservative Catholic	Leuven
Alexandre Picquet (substitute)		Mons
Jean Pirmez	Unionist with France sympathiser / Anti-clericalist	Charleroi
François Pirson	Unionist with France / Anti-clericalist	Dinant
Jean-Baptiste Pollin	Moderate Catholic	Ypres
Joseph Raikem	Conservative Catholic	Liège
Alexander Rodenbach	Catholic democrat	Roeselare
Constantin Rodenbach	Catholic democrat	Roeselare
François Rodriguez d'Evora y Vega	Conservative Catholic	Soignies
Olivier Roels (substitute)		Veurne
Jean-Baptiste Roeser	Anti-clericalist	Luxembourg
Charles Rogier	Moderate liberal	Liège
Léonard Rosseeuw		Kortrijk
Nicolas Rouppe	Anti-clericalist	Brussels
Pierre-Guillaume Seron	Unionist with France / Anti-clericalist	Philippeville
Jean-Baptiste Serruys	Conservative Catholic	Ostend
Charles-Mathias Simons	Anti-clericalist	Diekirch
Ferdinand Speelman-Rooman	Moderate Catholic	Ghent
Félix Struye-Provoost		Ypres
Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier	Anti-clericalist	Hasselt
Charles Surmont de Volsberghe	Conservative Catholic	Ghent
Pierre-Gérard Teuwens	Conservative Catholic	Hasselt
Jean Thienpont	Conservative Catholic	Oudenaarde
Amand Thonus		Marche-en-Famenne
Jean-Baptiste Thorn	Moderate liberal	Luxembourg
Pierre Trentesaux	Moderate liberal	Tournai
Constant van Crombrugghe	Conservative Catholic	Aalst
Jean-Baptiste van de Kerchove	Catholic democrat	Sint-Niklaas
François van den Broucke de Terbecq	Conservative Catholic	Dendermonde
Henri van den Hove	Moderate liberal	Leuven
Michel van der Belen	Moderate Catholic	Leuven
Pierre Vander Linden	Conservative Catholic	Leuven
Joseph van der Linden d'Hooghvorst	Conservative Catholic	Brussels
Liévin Van der Looy	Catholic democrat	Aalst
Sylvain Van de Weyer	Moderate liberal	Brussels
Leonard Van Dorpe	Catholic democrat	Kortrijk
Eugène van Hoobrouck de Mooreghem	Conservative Catholic	Oudenaarde
Henri van Innis	Moderate Catholic	Ghent
Pierre van Meenen		Leuven
François Van Snick	Anti-clericalist	Ath
Joseph van Volden de Lombeke	Orangist / Conservative Catholic	Brussels
Pierre Verbeke	Catholic democrat	Kortrijk
Henri Vercruysse-Bruneel	Catholic democrat	Kortrijk
Désiré Verduyn	Catholic democrat	Sint-Niklaas
Jean Vergauwen-Goethals	Conservative Catholic	Ghent
Jean Verseyden de Varick	Conservative Catholic	Brussels
Pierre-Antoine Verwilghen	Catholic democrat	Sint-Niklaas
Charles Vilain XIIII	Catholic democrat	Maastricht
Charles Hippolyte Vilain XIIII	Moderate liberal	Dendermonde
Philippe Vilain XIIII	Orangist sympathiser	Sint-Niklaas
Jacques Wallaert	Moderate Catholic	Tielt
Nicolas Watlet	Anti-clericalist	Diekirch
Joseph Werbrouck-Pieters	Orangist / Anti-clericalist	Antwerp
Paul Wyvekens	Anti-clericalist	Nivelles
Charles Zoude	Catholic democrat	Namur
Léopold Zoude	Anti-clericalist	Neufchâteau

References

• "Membres du Congrès national" (in French). unionisme.be. Retrieved 4 April 2010.