Lucien Henri Louis Brun (2 June 1822 – 28 November 1898) was a French politician. Brun was born in

Gex, Ain Gex (; ; ) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France and a subprefecture of the department. It lies from the Swiss border and from Geneva. It is a subprefecture of Ain. History The town gave its name to the '' Pays de Gex'', at ...

, on 2 June 1822. After graduating from the

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, Brun practiced law in Lyon until his 1871 election to the

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as a deputy from Ain. Brun won over 40,000 votes and was the sixth of seven Ain-based deputies to be seated. He served until 1876. The next year, Brun was elected to the

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and designated a

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. He died on 28 November 1898, and was replaced by Athanase Bassinet.

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