Alexis de Tocqueville was born on July 29, 1805, in Paris. His father was a government official in various parts of France. His great-grandfather was a liberal aristocrat who was killed in the French Revolution. And his mother was a devoted Roman Catholic. Abbe Lesueur was Tocqueville's tutor, when his father passed away. Tocquevile went to the College Royal in Metz to study philosophy at the age of six-teen. During this time Tocqueville started to have fears …showed first 75 words of 312 total…

…showed last 75 words of 312 total…Mary Motley, an Englishwoman. The marriage was a disgrace to Tocqueville's family because they though of Mary Motley to be of lesser birth. Tocqueville's mother died in 1836. After his mother died, Tocqueville went back to politics. He ran for the Chamber of Deputies in 1837, but lost. He lost because of his noble background. In 1838, he was named to the Legion of Honor for Democracy in America. In the year 1839 he was elected to the Chamber.