Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
…unavoidable. On 21 May 1844, Thorbecke was first elected to the House of Representatives for South Holland, along with a number of other liberals such as Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer and Lambertus Dominicus Storm. In the House, he developed into the leader of the liberal opposition and, on 10 December of that year, joined forces…