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This is a list of members of the Académie française (French Academy) by seat number. The primary professions of the academicians are noted.

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Seat 1

1. Pierre Séguier, 1635-1643
2. Claude Bazin de Bazons, 1643-1684
3. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, 1684-1711
4. Jean d'Estrées, 1711-1718
5. Marc-René d'Argenson, 1718-1721
6. Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy, 1721-1753
7. George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, 1753-1788
8. Félix Vicq d'Azir, 1788-1794
9. François-Urbain Domergue, 1803-1810
10. Ange-François Fariau, 1810
11. François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison, 1811-1834
12. Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy, 1835-1856
13. Émile Augier, 1857-1889
14. Charles de Freycinet, 1890-1923
15. Émile Picard, 1924-1941
16. Louis de Broglie, 1944-1987
17. Michel Debré, 1988-1996
18. François Furet, 1997
19. René Rémond, elected 1998

Seat 2

1. Valentian Conrart, 1634-1675
2. Toussaint Rose, 1675-1701
3. Louis de Sacy, 1701-1727
4. Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, 1728-1755
5. Jean-Baptiste de Vivien de Châteaubraun, 1755-1775
6. François-Jean de Chastellux, 1775-1788
7. Aimar-Charles-Marie de Nicolaï, 1788-1794
8. Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau, 1803-1828
9. Pierre-Antoine Lebrun, 1828-1873
10. Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1874-1895
11. André Theuriet, 1896-1907
12. Jean Richepin, 1908-1926
13. Émile Mâle, 1927-1954
14. François Albert-Buisson, 1955-1961
15. Marc Boegner, 1962-1970
16. René de Castries, 1972-1986
17. André Frossard, 1987-1995
18. Hector Bianciotti, elected 1996

Seat 3

1. Jacques de Serisay, 1634-1653
2. Paul-Philippe de Chaumont, 1654-1697
3. Louis Cousin, 1697-1707
4. Jacques-Louis de Valon, Marquis de Mimeure, 1707-1719
5. Nicolas Gédyon, 1719-1744
6. François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, 1744-1794
7. Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard, 1803-1822
8. Denis-Luc Frayssinous, 1822-1841
9. Étienne-Denis Pasquier, 1842-1862
10. Jules-Armand Dufaure, 1863-1881
11. Victor Cherbuliez, 1881-1899
12. Émile Fauget, 1900-1916
13. Georges Clemenceau, 1918-1929
14. André Chaumeix, 1830-1955
15. Jérôme Carcopino, 1955-1970
16. Roger Caillois, 1971-1978
17. Marguerite Yourcenar, 1880-1987
18. Jean-Denis Bredin, elected 1989

Seat 4

1. Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, 1634-1676
2. Jean-Jacques de Mesmes, 1676-1688
3. Jean Testu de Mauroy, 1688-1706
4. Camille le Tellier de Louvois, 1706-1718
5. Jean-Baptiste Massillon, 1718-1742
6. Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, 1742-1798
7. Gabriel-Marie Legouvé, 1803-1812
8. Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval, 1812-1842
9. Pierre-Simon Ballanche, 1842-1847
10. Jean Vatout, 1848
11. Alexis de Guignard, Comte de Saint-Priest, 1849-1851
12. Pierre-Antoine Berryer, 1852-1868
13. François-Joseph de Champagny, 1869-1882
14. Charles de Mazade, 1882-1893
15. José-Maria de Heredia, 1894-1905
16. Maurice Barrès, 1906-1923
17. Louis Bertrand, 1925-1941
18. Jean Tharaud, 1946-1952
19. Alphonse Juin, 1952-1967
20. Pierre Emmanuel, 1968-1984
21. Jean Hamburger, 1985-1992
22. Albert Decourtray, 1993-1994
23. Jean-Marie Lustiger, elected 1995

Seat 5

1. Jean Ogier de Gombauld, 1634-1666
2. Paul Tallement le Jeune, 1666-1712
3. Antoine Danchet, 1712-1748
4. Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, 1748-1777
5. Claude-François-Xavier Millot, 1777-1785
6. André Morellet, 1785-1819
7. Pierre-Édouard Lémontey, 1819-1826
8. Joseph Fourier, 1826-1830
9. Victor Cousin, 1830-1867
10. Jules Favre, 1867-1880
11. Edmond Rousse, 1880-1906
12. Pierre de Ségur, 1907-1916
13. Robert de Flers, 1920-1927
14. Louis Madelin, 1927-1956
15. Robert Kemp, 1956-1959
16. René Huyghe, 1960-1997
17. Georges Vedel, 1998-2002
18. Vacant. The election scheduled January 15, 2004 failed to fill the seat; the leading candidates were Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg and Jean-Claude Pecker. The election scheduled March 15, 2004 failed to fill the seat, the leading candidates were Dominique Bona and Paul Lombard

Seat 6

1. François le Métel de Boisrobert, 1634-1662
2. Jean Renaud de Segrais, 1662-1701
3. Jean Galbert de Campistron, 1701-1723
4. Philippe Néricault Destouches, 1723-1754
5. Louis de Boissy, 1754-1758
6. Jean-Baptiste de Lacurne de Sainte-Palaye, 1758-1781
7. Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas (Chamfort), 1781-1794
8. Pierre-Louis Roederer, 1803-1835
9. Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis, 1816-1830
10. Philippe-Paul de Ségur, 1830-1873
11. Charles de Viel-Castel, 1873-1887
12. Edmond Jurien de la Gravière, 1888-1892
13. Ernest Lavisse, 1892-1922
14. Georges de Porto-Riche, 1923-1930
15. Pierre Benoit, 1931-1962
16. Jean Paulhan, 1963-1968
17. Eugène Ionesco, 1970-1994
18. Marc Fumaroli, elected 1995

Seat 7

1. Jean Chapelain, 1634-1674
2. Isaac de Benserade, 1674-1691
3. Étienne Pavillon, 1691-1705
4. Fabio Brulart de Sillery, 1705-1714
5. Henri-Jacques de la Force, Duc de la Force, 1715-1726
6. Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud, 1726-1760
7. Claude-Henri Watelet, 1760-1786
8. Michel-Jean Sedaine, 1786-1797
9. Jean-François Collin d'Harleville, 1803-1806
10. Pierre Daru, 1806-1829
11. Alphonse de Lamartine, 1829-1869
12. Émille Ollivier, 1870-1913
13. Henri Bergson, 1914-1941
14. Édouard le Roy, 1945-1954
15. Henri Petiot, 1955-1965
16. Pierre-Henri Simon, 1966-1972
17. André Roussin, 1973-1987
18. Jacqueline Worms de Romilly, elected 1988

Seat 8

1. Claude de Malleville, 1634-1647
2. Jean Ballesdens, 1648-1675
3. Géraud de Cordemoy, 1675-1684
4. Jean-Louis Bergeret, 1684-1694
5. Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, 1694-1743
6. Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, 1743-1759
7. Jean-Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan, 1759-1784
8. Jean-Sifrein Maury, 1784-excluded in reorganization of 1803
9. Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, 1803-1819
10. Pierre-Simon Laplace, 1816-1827
11. Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard, 1827-1845
12. Charles de Rémusat, 1846-1875
13. Jules Simon, 1875-1896
14. Albert de Mun, 1897-1914
15. Alfred Baudrillart, 1918-1942
16. Octave Aubry, 1946-1946
17. Édouard Herriot, 1946-1957
18. Jean Rostand, 1959-1977
19. Michel Déon, elected 1978

Seat 9

1. Nicolas Faret, 1634-1646
2. Pierre du Ryer, 1646-1658
3. César d'Estrées, 1658-1714
4. Victor-Marie d'Estrées, 1715-1737
5. Charles-Armand-René de la Trémoille, 1738-1741
6. Armand de Rohan-Soubise, 1741-1756
7. Antoine de Malvin de Montazet, 1756-1788
8. Stanislas de Boufflers, 1788-1815
9. Louis-Pierre-Marie-François Baour-Lormian, 1815-1854
10. François Ponsard, 1855-1867
11. Joseph Autran, 1868-1877
12. Victorien Sardou, 1877-1908
13. Marcel Prévost, 1909-1941
14. Émile Henriot, 1945-1961
15. Jean Guéhenno, 1962-1978
16. Alain Decaux, elected 1979

Seat 10

1. Antoine Godeau, 1634-1672
2. Esprit Fléchier, 1672-1710
3. Henri de Nesmond, 1710-1727
4. Jean-Jacques Amelot de Chaillou, 1727-1749
5. Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle, 1749-1761
6. Nicolas-Charles-Joseph Trublet, 1761-1770
7. Jean-François de Saint-Lambert, 1770-1803
8. Hugues-Bernard Maret, 1803-1839
9. Joseph Lainé, 1816-1835
10. Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty, 1836-1851
11. Alfred de Musset, 1852-1857
12. Victor de Laprade, 1858-1883
13. François Coppée, 1884-1908
14. Jean Aicard, 1909-1921
15. Camille Jullian, 1924-1933
16. Léon Bérard, 1934-1960
17. Jean Guitton, 1961-1999
18. Florence Delay, elected 2000

Seat 11

1. Philippe Habert, 1634-1638
2. Jacques Esprit, 1639-1678
3. Jacques-Nicolas Colbert, 1678-1707
4. Claude-François Fraguier, 1707-1728
5. Charles d’Orléans de Rothelin, 1728-1744
6. Gabriel Girard, 1744-1748
7. Antoine-René de Voyer d’Argenson de Paulmy, 1748-1787
8. Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d’Aguesseau, 1787-1826
9. Charles Brifaut, 1826-1857
10. Jules Sandeau, 1858-1883
11. Edmond About, 1884-1885
12. Léon Say, 1886-1896
13. Albert Vandal, 1896-1910
14. Denys Cochin, 1911-1922
15. Georges Goyau, 1922-1939
16. Paul Hazard, 1940-1944
17. Maurice Garçon, 1946-1967
18. Paul Morand, 1968-1976
19. Alain Peyrefitte, 1977-1999
20. Gabriel de Broglie, elected 2001

Seat 12

1. Germain Habert de Cérizy, 1634-1654, ecclesiastic
2. Charles Cotin, 1655-1681, ecclesiastic
3. Louis de Courcillon de Dangeau, 1682-1723, ecclesiastic and politician
4. Charles-Jean-Baptiste Fleureiau de Morville, 1723-1732, politician
5. Jean Terrasson, 1732-1750, ecclesiastic and philosopher
6. Claude de Thiard de Bissy, 1750-1810, soldier
7. Joseph-Alphonse Esménard, 1810-1811, politician
8. Charles Lacretelle Jeune, 1811-1855, historian
9. Jean-Baptiste Biot, 1856-1862, scientist and mathematician
10. Louis de Carné, 1863-1876, politician
11. Charles Blanc, 1876-1882, art critic
12. Édouard Pailleron, 1882-1899, poet and playwright
13. Paul Hervieu, 1900-1915, novelist and playwright
14. François de Curel, 1918-1928, playwright
15. Charles le Goffic, 1930-1932, novelist and historian
16. Abel Bonnard, 1932-1968, poet, novelist and politician
17. Jules Romains, 1946-1972, novelist, playwright and poet
18. Jean d’Ormesson, elected 1973, novelist

Seat 13

1. Claude-Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, 1634-1638
2. François de La Mothe-Le-Vayer, 1639-1672
3. Jean Racine, 1672-1699
4. Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour, 1699-1730
5. Jean-François Leriget de La Faye, 1730-1731
6. Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, 1731-1762
7. Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon, 1762-1775
8. Jean de Dieu-Raymond Boisgelin de Cucé, 1776-1804
9. Jean-Baptiste Dureau de la Malle, 1804-1807
10. Louis-Benoît Picard, 1807-1828
11. Antoine-Vincent Arnault, 1829-1834
12. Eugène Scribe, 1834-1861
13. Octave Feuillet, 1862-1890
14. Pierre Loti, 1891-1923
15. Albert Besnard, 1924-1934
16. Louis Gillet, 1935-1943
17. Paul Claudel, 1946-1955
18. Wladimir d' Ormesson, 1956-1973
19. Maurice Schumann, 1974-1998
20. Pierre Messmer, elected 1999

Seat 14

1. François Maynard, 1634-1646, magistrate and poet
2. Pierre Corneille, 1647-1684, playwright and lawyer
3. Thomas Corneille, 1684-1709, playwright
4. Antoine Houdar de La Motte, 1710-1731, playwright
5. Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, 1732-1736, ecclesiastic
6. Étienne Lauréault de Foncemagne, 1736-1779, ecclesiastic
7. Michel-Paul-Gui de Chabanon, 1779-1792, playwright
8. Jacques-André Naigeon, 1803-1810, encyclopedist
9. Népomucène Lemercier, 1810-1840, poet and playwright
10. Victor Hugo, 1841-1885, poet, playwright and novelist
11. Charles Leconte de Lisle, 1886-1894, poet and playwright
12. Henry Houssaye, 1894-1911, historian and novelist
13. Louis-Hubert Lyautey, 1912-1934, soldier
14. Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, 1934-1942, politician and soldier
15. Robert d'Harcourt, 1946-1965, literary historian and essayist
16. Jean Mistler, 1966-1988, novelist, essayist, literary historian, music critic and politician
17. Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, elected 1990, historian

Seat 15

1. Guillaume Bautru, 1634-1665, politician
2. Jacques Testu de Belval, 1665-1706, ecclesiastic and poet
3. François-Joseph de Beaupoil de Sainte-Aulaire, 1706-1742, soldier and poet
4. Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan, 1743-1771, physicist and mathematician
5. François Arnaud, 1771-1784, ecclesiastic
6. Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target, 1785-1806, magistrate
7. Jean-Sifrein Maury, 1806-excluded by ordinance 1816, ecclesiastic and politician; see also seat 8
8. François-Xavier-Marc-Antoine de Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1816 - 1832, ecclesiastic and politician
9. Antoine Jay, 1832-1854, politician
10. Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy, 1854-1879, literary critic
11. Eugène Labiche, 1880-1888, playwright and novelist
12. Henri Meilhac, 1888-1897, playwright
13. Henri Lavedan, 1898-1940, playwright and novelist
14. Ernest Seillière, 1946-1955, historian of literature and of philosophy, and essayist
15. André Chamson, 1956-1983, novelist, essayist and historian
16. Fernand Braudel, 1984-1985, historian of civilizations
17. Jacques Laurent, 1986-2000, novelist, essayist and journalist
18. Frédéric Vitoux, elected 2001, writer and journalist

Seat 16

1. Jean Sirmond, 1634-1649, historiographer
2. Jean de Montereul, 1649-1651, ecclesiastic
3. François Tallemant l'Aîné, 1651-1693, ecclesiastic
4. Simon de la Loubère, 1693-1729, diplomat and poet
5. Claude Sallier, 1729-1761, ecclesiastic and philologist
6. Jean-Gilles du Coëtlosquet, 1761-1784, ecclesiastic
7. Anne-Pierre de Montesquiou-Fézensac, 1784-1798, politician
8. Antoine-Vincent Arnault, 1803, excluded by ordinance 1816, reelected in 1829 to seat 13, poet, fabulist and playwright
9. Armand du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, 1816-1822, politician
10. Bon-Joseph Dacier, 1822-1833, philologist
11. Pierre-François Tissot, 1833-1854, poet and historian
12. Félix Dupanloup, 1854-1878, ecclesiastic
13. Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier, 1878-1905, politician
14. Alexandre Ribot, 1906-1923, politician, lawyer, magistrate and jurist
15. Henri Robert, 1923-1936, lawyer and historian
16. Charles Maurras, 1938, not excluded, but seat "declared vacant" for Vichy collaboration in 1945, journalist, politician, essayist and poet
17. Antoine de Lévis Mirepoix, 1953-1981, novelist, historian and essayist
18. Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1983-2001, head of state (Sénégal), politician, poet and essayist
19. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, elected 2003, former president of France

Seat 17

1. François de Cauvigny de Colomby, 1634-1649, poet
2. François Tristan l'Hermite, 1649-1655, playwright and poet
3. Hippolyte-Jules Pilet de La Mesnardière, 1655-1663, critic, poet and historian
4. François-Honorat de Beauvilliers, duc de Saint-Aignan, 1663-1687, soldier
5. François-Timoléon de Choisy, 1687-1724, ecclesiastic
6. Antoine Portail, 1724-1736, politician
7. Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, 1736-1754, playwright
8. Jean-Pierre de Bougainville, 1754-1763, historian
9. Jean-François Marmontel, 1763-1799, philosopher and essayist
10. Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, 1803-1821, politician, poet and journalist
11. Abel-François Villemain, 1821-1870, politician and literary critic
12. Émile Littré, 1871-1881, philologist and philosopher
13. Louis Pasteur, 1881-1895, chemist
14. Gaston Paris, 1896-1903, philologist and literary historian
15. Frédéric Masson, 1903-1923, historian
16. Georges Lecomte, 1924-1958, novelist, essayist, art critic and historian
17. Jean Delay, 1959-1987, psychiatrist, essayist and novelist
18. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, 1988-1997, oceanographer, cineast and essayist
19. Érik Orsenna, elected 1998, politician and novelist

Seat 18

1. Jean Baudoin, 1634-1650
2. François Charpentier, 1650-1702
3. Jean-François de Chamillart, 1702-1714
4. Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, 1714-1734
5. Honoré-Armand de Villars, 1734-1770
6. Étienne-Chrles de Loménie de Brienne, 1770-1794
7. Jean-Gérard Lacuée de Cessac, 1803-1841
8. Alexis de Tocqueville, 1841-1859
9. Henri Lacordaire, 1860-1861
10. Albert de Broglie, 1862-1901
11. Melchoir de Vogüé, 1901-1916
12. Ferdinand Foch, 1918-1929
13. Philippe Pétain, 1929-1951
14. André François-Poncet, 1952-1978
15. Edgar Faure, 1978-1988
16. Michel Serres, elected 1990

Seat 19

1. François de Porchères d’Arbaud, 1634-1640
2. Olivier Patru, 1640-1681
3. Nicolas Potier de Novion, 1681-1693
4. Philippe Goibaud-Dubois, 1693-1694
5. Charles Boileau, 1694-1704
6. Gaspard Abeille, 1704-1718
7. Nicolas-Hubert de Mongault, 1718-1746
8. Charles Pinot Duclos, 1746-1772
9. Nicolas Beauzée, 1772-1789
10. Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, 1789-1795
11. Marie-Joseph Chénier, 1803-1811
12. François-René de Châteaubriand, 1811-1848
13. Paul de Noailles, 1849-1885
14. Édouard Hervé, 1886-1899
15. Paul Deschanel, 1899-1922
16. Auguste Jonnart, 1923-1927
17. Maurice Paléologue, 1928-1944
18. Charles de Chambrun, 1946-1952
19. Fernand Gregh, 1953-1960
20. René Clair, 1960-1981
21. Pierre Moinot, elected 1982

Seat 20

1. Paul Hay du Chaastelet, 1634-1636, lawyer
2. Nicolas Perrot d’Ablancourt, 1637-1664, translator
3. Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, 1665-1693, novelist
4. Jean-Paul Bignon, 1693-1743, ecclesiastic
5. Armand-Jérôme Bignon, 1743-1772, politician
6. Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, 1772-1795, historian
7. Ponce-Denis Écouchard-Lebrun, 1803-1807, poet
8. François-Juste-Marie Raynouard, 1807-1836, lawyer, poet and playwright
9. François-Auguste Mignet, 1836-1884, historian
10. Victor Duruy, 1884-1894, politician and historian
11. Jules Lemaître, 1895-1914, playwright and critic
12. Henry Bordeaux, 1919-1963, lawyer and novelist
13. Theirry Maulnier, 1964-1988, journalist and playwright
14. José Cabanis, 1990-2000, magistrate and novelist
15. Angelo Rinaldi, elected 2001, writer

Seat 21

1. Marin le Roy de Gomberville, 1634-1674, novelist
2. Pierre-Daniel Huet, 1674-1721, ecclesiastic
3. Jean Boivin le Cadet, 1721-1726, professor
4. Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, Duc de Saint-Aignan, 1726-1776, politician
5. Charles-Pierre Colardeau, 1776, poet and playwright
6. Jean-François de la Harpe, 1776-1803, poet, playwright and critic
7. Pierre-Louis Lacretelle l'Aîné, 1803-1824, lawyer
8. François-Xavier-Joseph Droz, 1824-1850, philosopher and historian
9. Charles de Montalembert, 1851-1870, philosopher
10. Henri d'Orléans, Duc d'Aumale, 1871-1897, soldier, politician and historian
11. Eugène Guillaume, 1898-1905, sculptor
12. Étienne Lamy, 1905-1919, essayist, politician and lawyer
13. André Chevrillon, 1920-1957, essayist and literary historian and critic
14. Marcel Achard, 1959-1974, playwright and journalist
15. Félicien Marceau, elected 1975, playwright, novelist and essayist

Seat 22

1. Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, 1634-1661, poet
2. Jacques Cassagne, 1662-1679, ecclesiastic and poet
3. Louis de Verjus, Comte de Crécy, 1679-1709, politician
4. Jean-Antoine de Mesmes, 1710-1723, magistrate
5. Pierre-Joseph Alary, 1723-1770, ecclesiastic
6. Gabriel-Henri Gaillard, 1771-1806, ecclesiastic, historian, grammarian and journalist
7. Louis-Philippe de Ségur, 1803-1830, diplomat, historian, poet and playwright
8. Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet, 1830-1868, politician, poet and playwright
9. Joseph d'Haussonville, 1869-1884, politician and diplomat
10. Ludovic Halévy, 1884-1908, playwright, librettist and novelist
11. Eugène Brieux, 1909-1932, playwright
12. François Mauriac, 1933-1970, writer, essayist and literary critic
13. Julien Green, 1971-1998, novelist and playwright
14. René de Obaldia, elected 1999, playwright and poet

Seat 23

1. Guillaume Colletet, 1634-1659, lawyer and playwright
2. Gilles Boileau, 1659-1669, poet
3. Jean de Montigny, 1670-1671, ecclesiastic and poet
4. Charles Perrault, 1671-1703, poet
5. Armand-Gaston-Maximilien de Rohan, 1703-1749, ecclesiastic and politician
6. Louis-Gui de Guérapin de Vauréal, 1749-1760, ecclesiastic and politician
7. Charles-Marie de la Condamine, 1760-1774, explorer
8. Jacques Delille, 1774-1813, ecclesiastic and poet
9. François-Nicolas-Vincent Campenon, 1813-1843, poet
10. Marc Girardin, 1844-1873, politician and literary critic
11. Alfred Mézières, 1874-1915, literary historian, politician and essayist
12. René Boylesve, 1918-1926, novelist and poet
13. Abel Hermant, 1927-1950, novelist, essayist and journalist
14. Étienne Gilson, 1946-1978, philosopher
15. Henri Gouhier, 1979-1994, philosopher and literary critic
16. Pierre Rosenberg, elected 1995, art historian and essayist

Seat 24

1. Jean Silhon, 1634-1667
2. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1667-1683
3. Jean de la Fontaine, 1684-1695
4. Jules de Clérambault, 1695-1714
5. Guillaume Massieu, 1714-1722
6. Claude-François-Alexandre Houtteville, 1722-1742
7. Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, 1742-1763
8. Claude-François Lysarde de Radonvilliers, 1763-1789
9. Constantin-François Chassebœuf, Comte de Volney, 1803-1820
10. Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret, 1820-1840
11. Louis de Beaupoil, Comte de Sainte-Aulaire, 1841-1854
12. Victor de Broglie, 1855-1870
13. Prosper Duvergier de Hauranne, 1870-1881
14. Armand Prudhomme, 1881-1907
15. Henri Poincaré, 1908-1912
16. Alfred Capus, 1914-1922
17. Édouard Estaunié, 1923-1942
18. Louis-Pasteur Vallery-Radot, 1944-1970
19. Étienne Wolff, 1971-1996
20. Jean-François Revel, elected 1997

Seat 25

1. Claude de L'Estoile, 1634-1652
2. Armand de Camboust, duc de Coislin, 1652-1702
3. Pierre de Camboust, duc de Coislin, 1702-1710
4. Henri-Charles de Coislin, 1710-1732
5. Jean-Baptiste Surian, 1733-1754
6. Jean Le Rond, dit d'Alembert, 1754-1783
7. Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, 1783, excluded in 1803 reorganization
8. Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, 1803-1807
9. Pierre Laujon, 1807-1811
10. Charles-Guillaume Étienne, 1811-1816
11. Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, (2nd time), 1816-1817
12. Jean-Louis Laya, 1817-1833
13. Charles Nodier, 1833-1844
14. Prosper Mérimée, 1844-1870
15. Louis de Loménie, 1871-1878
16. Hippolyte Taine, 1878-1893
17. Albert Sorel, 1894-1906
18. Maurice Donnay, 1907-1945
19. Marcel Pagnol, 1946-1974
20. Jean Bernard, elected 1975

Seat 26

1. Amable de Bourzeys, 1634-1672, ecclesiastic and scholar
2. Jean Gallois, 1672-1707, ecclesiastic
3. Edme Mongin, 1707-1746, ecclesiastic
4. Jean-Ignace de la Ville, 1746-1774, ecclesiastic and diplomat
5. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard, 1774-1817, essayist
6. François Roger, 1817-1842, poet and playwright
7. Henri Patin, 1842-1876, professor
8. Gaston Boissier, 1876-1908, historian and philologist
9. René Doumic, 1909-1937, literary historian and critic, and essayist
10. André Maurois, 1938-1967, novelist, essayist, and literary historian and critic
11. Marcel Arland, 1968-1986, novelist, essayist, and literary historian and critic
12. Georges Duby, 1987-1996, historian
13. Jean-Marie Rouart, elected 1997, novelist and essayist

Seat 27

1. Abel Servien, 1634-1659, politician
2. Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer, 1659-1691, politician
3. Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle, 1691-1757, playwright and philosopher
4. Antoine-Louis Séguier, 1757-1792, lawyer
5. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, 1803-1814, essayist
6. Étienne Aignan, 1814-1824, journalist and playwright
7. Alexandre Soumet, 1824-1845, poet and playwright
8. Ludovic Vitet, 1845-1873, archæologist
9. Elme-Marie Caro, 1874-1887, philosopher
10. Paul-Gabriel d'Haussonville, 1888-1924, politician and lawyer
11. Auguste-Armand de la Force, 1925-1961 historian
12. Joseph Kessel, 1962, journalist and novelist
13. Michel Droit, 1980-1961, novelist
14. Pierre Nora, elected 2001, historian

Seat 28

1. Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, 1634-1654
2. Paul-Philippe Hardouin de Péréfixe, 1654-1670
3. François de Harlay de Champvallon, 1671-1695
4. André Dacier, 1695-1722
5. Guillaume Dubois, 1722-1723
6. Charles-Jean-François Hénault, 1723-1770
7. Charles-Just de Beauvau, 1771-1793
8. Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1803-1838
9. Antoine-François-Claude Ferrand, 1816-1825
10. Casimir Delavigne, 1825-1843
11. Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, 1844-1869
12. Jules Janin, 1870-1874
13. John Lemoinne, 1875-1892
14. Ferdinand Brunetière, 1893-1906
15. Henri Barboux, 1907-1910
16. Henry Roujon, 1911-1914
17. Louis Barthou, 1918-1934
18. Claude Farrère, 1935-1957
19. Henri Troyat, elected 1959

Seat 29

1. Pierre Bardin, 1634-1635, philosopher and mathematician
2. Nicolas Bourbon, 1637-1644, ecclesiastic
3. François-Henri Salomon de Virelade, 1644-1670, lawyer
4. Philippe Quinault, 1670-1688, poet and playwright
5. François de Callières, 1688-1717, philologist
6. André-Hercule de Fleury, 1717-1743, ecclesiastic and politician
7. Paul d'Albert de Luynes, 1743-1788, ecclesiastic
8. Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, 1788-1794, playwright, novelist and poet
9. Jean-François Cailhava, 1803-1813, playwright, poet and critic
10. Joseph Michaud, 1813-1839, journalist and historian
11. Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens, 1840-1867, physiologist
12. Claude Bernard, 1868-1878, doctor
13. Ernest Renan, 1878-1892, philosopher
14. Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, 1893-1896, politician and diplomat
15. Gabriel Hanotaux, 1897-1944, politician, diplomat and historian
16. André Siegfried, 1944-1959, historian and geographer
17. Henry de Montherlant, 1960-1972, playwright, novelist and essayist
18. Claude Lévi-Strauss, elected 1973, anthropologist

Seat 30

1. Honorat de Bueil, marquis de Racan, 1634-1670, poet
2. François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, 1670-1713, ecclesiastic and grammarian
3. Bernard de La Monnoye, 1713-1728, philologist and critic
4. Michel Poncet de La Rivière, 1728-1730, ecclesiastic
5. Jacques Hardion. 1730-1766, historian
6. Antoine-Léonard Thomas, 1766-1785, poet
7. Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte de Guibert, 1785-1790, playwright
8. Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, 1803- excluded by ordinance 1816, politician; died 1824
9. Louis-Gabriel, vicomte de Bonald, 1816-1840, philosopher and publicist
10. Jacques-François Ancelot, 1841-1854, poet, novelist and playwright
11. Ernest Legouvé, 1855-1903, poet, novelist, playwright and essayist
12. René Bazin, 1903-1932, novelist and essayist
13. Théodore Gosselin, 1932-1935, historian
14. Georges Duhamel, 1935-1966, doctor, essayist, novelist, poet and playwright
15. Maurice Druon, elected 1966, politician and novelist

Seat 31

1. Pierre de Boissat, 1634-1662, soldier
2. Antoine Furetière, 1662-1685, poet, fabulist and novelist; excluded but not replaced, died in 1685
3. Jean de La Chapelle, 1688-1723, poet
4. Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d'Olivet, 1723-1768, eclesiastic and grammarian
5. Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, 1768-1780, ecclesiastic and philosopher
6. Louis-Élisabeth de La Vergne de Tressan, 1780-1783, poet and physicist
7. Jean-Sylvain Bailly, 1783-1793, mathematician; guillotined
8. Emmanuel-Joseph Siéyès, 1803-1816, ecclesiastic, essayist and diplomat; excluded by ordinance, died 1836
9. Trophime-Gérard de Lally-Tollendal, 1816-1830, politician
10. Jean-Baptiste Sanson de Pongerville, 1830-1870, poet
11. Xavier Marmier, 1870-1892, novelist and poet
12. Henri de Bornier, 1893-1901, playwright and poet
13. Edmond Rostand, 1901-1918, playwright and poet
14. Joseph Bédier, 1920-1938, philologist
15. Jérôme Tharaud, 1938-1953, novelist
16. Jean Cocteau, 1955-1963, playwright, poet, choreographer, filmmaker and painter
17. Jacques Rueff, 1964-1978, economist and high bureaucrat
18. Jean Dutourd, elected 1978, novelist

Seat 32

1. Claude Favre de Vaugelas, 1634-1650
2. Georges de Scudéry, 1650-1667
3. Philippe de Dangeau, 1667-1720
4. Louis-François-Armand du Plessis de Richelieu, 1720-1788
5. François-Henri d'Harcourt, 1788-1802
6. Lucien Bonaparte, 1803-1816
7. Louis-Simon Auger, 1816-1829
8. Charles-Guillaume Étienne, 1829-1845
9. Alfred de Vigny, 1845-1863
10. Camille Doucet, 1865-1895
11. Charles Costa de Beauregard, 1896-1909
12. Hippolyte Langlois, 1911-1912
13. Émile Boutroux, 1912-1921
14. Pierre de Nolhac, 1922-1936
15. Georges Grente, 1936-1959
16. Henri Massis, 1960-1970
17. Georges Izard, 1971-1973
18. Robert Aron, 1974-1975
19. Maurice Rheims, 1976-2003
20. Alain Robbe-Grillet, elected 2004

Seat 33

1. Vincent Voiture, 1634-1648, poet
2. François-Eudes de Mézeray, 1648-1683, lawyer
3. Jean Barbier d'Aucour, 1683-1694, lawyer
4. François de Clermont-Tonnerre, 1694-1701, ecclesiastic
5. Nicolas de Malézieu, 1701-1727, tutor and poet
6. Jean Bouhier, 1727-1746, magistrate and archeologist
7. François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), 1746-1778, playwright, historian, philosopher and poet
8. Jean-François Ducis, 1778-1816, poet and playwright
9. Raymond de Sèze, 1816-1828, lawyer
10. Prosper Brugière, Baron de Barante, 1828-1866, politician
11. Joseph Gratry, 1867-1872, ecclesiastic and philosopher
12. René Taillandier,, 1873-1879, politician
13. Maxime Du Camp, 1880-1894, essayist and novelist
14. Paul Bourget, 1894-1935, novelist, poet and playwright
15. Edmond Jaloux, 1936-1949, novelist, literary critic and literary historian
16. Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, 1950-1963, novelist, poet, essayist and art historian
17. Marcel Brion, 1964-1984, novelist, art historian and essayist
18. Michel Mohrt, elected 1985, editor, essayist, novelist and literary historian

Seat 34

1. Honorat de Porchères Laugier, 1634-1653, poet
2. Paul Pellisson, 1653-1693, historian
3. François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon, 1693-1715, ecclesiastic and essayist
4. Claude Gros de Boze, 1715-1753, erudite and numismatist
5. Louis de Bourbon Condé de Clermont, 1753-1771, ecclesiastic
6. Pierre-Laurent Buirette de Belloy, 1771-1775, playwright and actor
7. Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de Duras, 1775-1789, politician and soldier
8. Dominique-Joseph Garat, 1803-1816, politician, lawyer and philosopher. Excluded by ordinance, he refused readmission in 1829, died 1833
9. Louis-François de Bausset, 1816-1824, ecclesiastic and politician
10. Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen, 1824-1839, ecclesiastic
11. Mathieu Molé, 1840-1855, politician
12. Frédéric-Alfred de Falloux, 1856-1886, politician and historian
13. Octave Gréard, 1886-1904, high bureaucrat, literary historian and literary critic
14. Émile Gebhart, 1904-1908, art historian, literary historian and literary critic
15. Raymond Poincaré, 1909-1934, head of state, politician, lawyer and essayist
16. Jacques Bainville, 1935-1936, historian and journalist
17. Joseph de Pesquidoux, 1936-1946, novelist and essayist
18. Maurice Genevoix, 1946-1980, novelist
19. Jacques de Bourbon Busset, 1981-2001, politician, essayist and novelist
20. François Cheng, elected 2002, poet, translator and novelist

Seat 35

1. Henri-Louis Habert de Montmort, 1634-1679, hotelier
2. Louis Irland de Lavau, 1679-1694, ecclesiastic
3. Jean-François-Paul Lefèvre Caumartin, 1694-1733, ecclesiastic
4. François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif, 1733-1770, poet, musician and playwright
5. Jean-Armand de Roquelaure, 1771-1818, ecclesiastic
6. Georges Cuvier, 1818-1832, paleontologist
7. André Dupin, 1832-1865, politician and lawyer
8. Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury, 1866-1887, historian and literary critic
9. Jules Claretie, 1888-1913, novelist, playwright and critic
10. Joseph Joffre, 1918-1931, politician and soldier
11. Maxime Weygand, 1931-1965, soldier
12. Louis Leprince-Ringuet, 1966-2000, physicist, telecommunications engineer, historian of science and essayist
13. Yves Pouliquen, elected 2001, medical doctor

Seat 36

1. Marin Cureau de La Chambre, 1634-1669
2. Pierre Cureau de La Chambre, 1670-1693
3. Jean de La Bruyère, 1693-1696
4. Claude Fleury, 1696-1723
5. Jacques Adam, 1723-1735
6. Joseph Séguy, 1736-1761
7. Louis-René-Édouard de Rohan-Guéménée, 1761-1803
8. Jean Devaines, 1803
9. Évariste de Forges de Parny, 1803-1814
10. Victor-Joseph-Ëtienne de Jouy, 1815-1846
11. Adolphe-Joseph Simonis Empis, 1847-1868
12. Auguste Barbier, 1869-1882
13. Adolphe Perraud, 1882-1906
14. François-Désiré Mathieu, 1906-1908
15. Louis Duchesne, 1910-1922
16. Henri Bremond, 1923-1933
17. André Bellessort, 1935-1942
18. René Grousset, 1946-1952
19. Pierre Gaxotte, 1953-1982
20. Jacques Soustelle, 1983-1990
21. Jean-François Deniau, elected 1992

Seat 37

1. Daniel Hay du Chastelet de Chambon, 1635-1671, ecclesiastic and mathematician
2. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, 1671-1704, ecclesiastic and historian
3. Melchior de Polignac, 1704-1741, ecclesiastic, politician, philologist and poet
4. Odet-Joseph Giry, 1741-1761, ecclesiastic
5. Charles Batteux, 1761-1780, ecclesiastic
6. Antoine-Marin Lemierre, 1780-1793, poet and playwright
7. Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu, 1803-1825, politician and lawyer
8. Mathieu de Montmorency, 1825-1826, politician and diplomat
9. Alexandre Guiraud, 1826-1847, playwright, poet and novelist
10. Jean-Jacques Ampère, 1847-1864, historian of literature
11. Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol, 1865-1870, literary critic
12. Camille Rousset, 1871-1892, historian
13. Paul Thureau-Dangin, 1893-1913, historian
14. Pierre de La Gorce, 1914-1934, historian, magistrate and lawyer
15. Maurice de Broglie, 1934-1960, soldier and physicist
16. Eugène Tisserant, 1961-1972, eclesiastic and philologist
17. Jean Daniélou, 1972-1974, eclesiastic, theologian, historian and essayist
18. Robert-Ambroise-Marie Carré, 1975-2004, ecclesiastic
19. Vacant.

Seat 38

1. Auger de Moléon de Granier, 1635-1636, possibly an ecclesiastic; expelled for theft; died 1650
2. Balthazar Baro, 1636-1650, playwright and poet
3. Jean Doujat, 1650-1688, lawyer
4. Eusèbe Renaudot, 1688-1720, ecclesiastic
5. Henri-Emmanuel de Roquette, 1720-1725, ecclesiastic
6. Pierre de Pardaillan d'Antin, 1725-1733, ecclesiastic
7. Nicolas-François Dupré de Saint-Maur, 1733-1774, economist and statistician
8. Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, 1775-1794, politician and magistrate; guillotined
9. François Andrieux, 1803-1833, lawyer, poet and playwright
10. Adolphe Thiers, 1833-1877, politician and historian
11. Henri Martin, 1878-1883, historian
12. Ferdinand de Lesseps, 1884-1894, diplomat
13. Anatole France, 1896-1924, novelist and poet
14. Paul Valéry, 1925-1945, poet, literary critic and essayist
15. Henri Mondor, 1946-1962, surgeon, physician, historian of literature and of science
16. Louis Armand, 1963-1971, mining engineer, bureaucrat and economist
17. Jean-Jacques Gautier, 1972-1986, drama critic, novelist, journalist and essayist
18. Jean-Louis Curtis, 1986-1995, novelist and essayist
19. François Jacob, elected 1996, biologist

Seat 39

1. Louis Giry, 1636-1665, lawyer
2. Claude Boyer, 1666-1698, ecclesiastic, playwright and poet
3. Charles-Claude Genest, 1698-1719, ecclesiastic
4. Jean-Baptiste Dubos, 1720-1742, ecclesiastic and historian
5. Jean-François Du Bellay du Resnel, 1742-1761, ecclesiastic
6. Bernard-Joseph Saurin, 1761-1781, lawyer and poet
7. Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet, 1782-1794, philosopher and mathematician; poisoned himself in prison
8. Gabriel Villar, 1803-1826, ecclesiastic
9. Charles-Marie-Dorimond de Féletz, 1826-1850, ecclesiastic
10. Désiré Nisard, 1850-1888, essayist
11. Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, 1888-1910, essayist, historian, literary critic and diplomat
12. Henri de Régnier, 1911-1936, poet, novelist and essayist
13. Jacques de Lacretelle, 1936-1985, novelist
14. Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, elected 1986, journalist, essayist and novelist

Seat 40

1. Daniel de Priézac, 1639-1662, law professor
2. Michel Le Clerc, 1662-1691, lawyer
3. Jacques de Tourreil, 1692-1714, translater
4. Jean-Roland Mallet, 1714-1736, royal valet
5. Jean-François Boyer, 1736-1755, ecclesiastic
6. Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont, 1755-1786, ecclesiastic
7. Claude-Carloman de Rulhière, 1787-1791, diplomat, poet and historian
8. Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis, 1803-1808, medical doctor and physiologist
9. Antoine-Louis-Claude Destutt de Tracy, 1808-1836, philosopher
10. François Guizot, 1836-1874, politician and historian
11. Jean-Baptiste Dumas, 1875-1884, politician and chemist
12. Joseph Bertrand, 1884-1900, mathematician, historian of science
13. Marcellin Berthelot, 1900-1907, politician, chemist, essayist, historian of science
14. Francis Charmes, 1908-1916, diplomat and journalist
15. Jules Cambon, 1918-1935, diplomat, lawyer, senior civil servant
16. Lucien Lacaze, 1936-1955, admiral
17. Jacques Chastenet, 1956-1978, journalist, historian and diplomat
18. Georges Dumézil, 1978-1986, philologist and historian of civilizations
19. Pierre-Jean Rémy, elected 1988, diplomat, novelist and essayist