Cantons of the Helvetic Republic
Aargau
18 Apr 1798 Kanton Aargau part of the Helvetic Republic
10 Mar 1803 Part of the Swiss Confederation
Regierungsstthalter
23 Apr 1798 - 06 Nob 1801 Jakob Emmanuel Feer ....................... 1754-1833
06 Nov - 18 Dec 1801 Johannes Herzog (1st Time) ................ 1773-1840
20 Dec 1801 - 17 Apr 1802 Gottlieb Theophil Heinrich Hünerwadel ..... 1769-1842
17 Apr - 26 Jun 1802 Johannes Herzog (2nd Time)
26 Jun 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Johann Heinrich Rothpletz ................. 1766-1833
(Bernese military governor)
15 Nov 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Johannes Herosé ........................... 1771-1837
(acting)
Baden
Regierungsstthalter
23 Apr - 30 Apr 1798 N. Honegger
(did not take office)
30 Apr 1799 - 14 Jun 1799 Henrich Johann Nepomuk Weber .............. 1767-1847
14 Jun - 25 Sep 1799 Johann Kasper Pfenninger .................. 1760-1838
25 Sep - 29 Nov 1799 Alois Gut
- Franz Adam Gubler
29 Nov 1799 - 29 Jul 1802 Johann Jakob Scheuchzer ................... 1734-1800
Basel
18 Apr 1798 Kanton Basel part of the Helvetic Republic
10 Mar 1803 Restored to the Swiss Confederation
Regierungsstatthalter
23 Apr 1798 - 13 Aug 1800 Johann Jakob Schmidt ...................... 1765-1828
14 Aug - 21 Sep 1800 Johannes Faesch
(acting)
21 Sep 1800 - 11 Nov 1801 Johann Heinrich David Zschokke ............ 1771-1848
11 Nov - 06 Dec 1801 Christian Dagobert Gysendörfer ............ 1768-1840
(1st Time, acting)
06 Dec 1801 - 26 Jun 1802 Johann Heinrich Wieland ................... 1758-1838
26 Jun - 24 Jul 1802 Christian Dagobert Gysendörfer
(2nd Time)
24 Jul 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Samuel Ryhiner ............................ 1766-1847
Bellinzona
1798 Bellinzona made a canton of the Helvetic Republic
10 Mar 1803 Part of Ticino canton
Prefetti nazionali Cantona di Bellinzona
07 Jun 1798 - 09 Nov 1801 Giuseppi Antonio Rusconi .................. 1749-1817
09 Nov 1801 - 10 Mar 1803 Giacomo Antonio Sacchi .................... 1747-1831
Bern
12 Apr 1798 Part of the Helvetic Republic
10 Mar 1803 Republic and City of Bern restored
President of the Provisional Government
04 Mar - 12 Apr 1798 Karl Albrecht Frisching ................... 1734-1801
Regierungsstthalter
12 Apr 1798 - 09 Jan 1799 Anton Ludwig Tillier ...................... 1750-1813
23 Dec 1798 - 05 Jun 1799 Johann Baptista Tscharner ................. 1751-1835
06 Jun 1799 - 20 Jan 1800 Gaudenz von Planta ........................ 1757-1834
21 Jan 1800 - 03 Aug 1801 David Rudolf Bay (1st Time) ............... 1762-1820
03 Aug 1801 - 30 Aug 1802 Albrecht Tribolet ......................... 1771-1832
02 Sep - 20 Sep 1802 Rudolf Friedrich Ryhiner .................. 1772-1817
(1st Time, acting)
20 Sep - 07 Nov 1802 David Rudolf Bay (2nd Time)
08 Nov - 12 Nov 1802 Rudolf Friedrich Ryhiner
(2nd Time, acting)
12 Nov 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Gottlieb-Rudolf Kasthofer ................. 1767-1823
Fribourg (Sarine et Broye)
15 Feb 1798 Canton Sarine et Broye
02 Mar 1798 Canton Fribourg
12 Apr 1798 Part of the Helvetic Republic
10 Mar 1803 Restored to the Swiss Confederation
Chairmen of the Assembly of Sarine et Broye
15 Feb - 05 Mar 1798 Jakob Vissaula
05 Mar - 15 Mar 1798 Georges Badoud ............................ 1747-1810
15 Mar - 12 Apr 1798 Jean-Jacques Herrenschwand ................ 1753-1815
Préfets nationaux
24 Apr 1798 - 14 Apr 1802 Jean-François d'Eglise .................... 1755-1818
15 Jul - 25 Aug 1802 Pierre Gendre ............................. 1771-1830
(acting)
25 Aug - 08 Nov 1802 Georges Badoux ............................ 1747-1810
08 Nov 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Rodolphe Martin Gapany .................... 1764-1812
Fricktal
1491 Part of Vorderosterreich
23 Apr 1799 - 1802 Occupied by France
09 Feb 1802 Ceded to France bt Treaty of Lunèville
20 Feb 1802 Kanton Fricktal
13 Aug 1802 Part of the Helvetic Republic
19 Feb 1803 Part of canton Aargau
Statthalter
06 Jan - 22 Sep 1802 Sebastian Fahrländer ...................... 1768-1841
Regierungsstthalter
22 Sep 1802 - 19 Feb 1803 Johann Karl Fetzer ........................ 1768-1847
Léman
24 Jan 1798 République Lémanique (Lemanic Republic)
12 Apr 1798 Incorporated in to the Helvetic Republic
10 Mar 1803 Part of the Swiss Confederation as canton Vaud
President of the Provisional Assembly
24 Jan - 12 Apr 1798 Pierre-Maurice Glayre ..................... 1743-1819
Préfets nationaux
May 1798 - 07 Aug 1802 Henri Etienne Georges Polier de Vernand ... 1754-1821
08 Aug - 15 Aug 1802 Samuel Clavel ............................. 1760-1843
(acting)
15 Aug 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Henri Monod ............................... 1753-1833
05 Nov 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Pierre Louis Roguin-Laharpe ............... 1756-1840
(acting)
Linth
03 May 1798 - 07 Jul 1799 Incorporated in to the Helvetic Republic
Sep 1799 - 15 Aug 1802 Re-incorporated in to the Helvetic Republic
02 Nov 1802 Canton Glarus in succession
01 May 1803 Canton Glarus restored
Regierungsstatthalter
04 Jun - 05 Oct 1798 Joachim Heer .............................. 1765-1799
05 Oct 1798 - 24 Apr 1799 Johann Jakob Heussi ....................... 1762-1831
24 Apr - 13 Oct 1799 Felix Christoph Cajetan Fuchs ............. 1749-1814
01 Sep - 01 Oct 1799 Johann Peter Zwicki ....................... 1762-1820
(acting for Fuchs)
21 Oct 1799 - 20 Aug 1802 Nikolaus Heer ............................. 1775-1822
23 Aug 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Franz Josef Büeler ........................ 1751-1816
Lugano
01 May 1798 Cantone di Lugano part of the Helvetic Republic
30 Sep 1802 Independent
16 Oct 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Re-incorporated into the Helvetic Republic
15 Mar 1803 Failed coup to annex the canton into Italy
Prefetti nazionali Cantone di Lugano
01 May 1798 - 27 Mar 1799 Giacomo Buonvicini ........................ 1751-1806
27 Mar 1799 - 02 May 1800 Francesco Capra ........................... 1762-1819
25 Jul 1800 - 14 Nov 1802 Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Franzoni ....... 1758-1817
14 Nov 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Pietro Frasca ............................. 1759-1829
Luzern
31 Jan 1798 - 10 Mar 1803 Luzern Canton part of the Helvetic Republic
President of the Provisional Government
31 Jan - 02 Apr 1798 Niklaus von Flue Johann Nepomuk ........... 1743-1801
02 Aug - 12 Aug 1798 Josef Gloggner
Regierungsstatthalter
12 Apr 1798 - 07 Aug 1800 Vincenz Jost Ludwig Rüttimann ............. 1769-1844
07 Aug 1800 - 02 Nov 1801 Franz Xavier Keller (1st Time) ............ 1772-1816
05 Nov 1801 - 17 Apr 1802 Johann Peter Genhart ...................... 1758-1826
17 Apr 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Franz Xavier Keller (2nd Time)
08 Nov 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Laurenz Josef Alois Mayr .................. 1755-1818
(acting for Keller)
Oberland
24 Apr 1798 Oberland canton created from part of Bern
29 Jul 1802 Re-incorporated in to Bern
Regierungsstthalter
11 Apr 1798 - 08 Apr 1800 Samuel Joneli
08 Apr 1800 - 29 Jul 1802 Abraham Rudolf Fischer von Bellerive
Rätien (Raetia)
21 Apr 1799 Incorporated into the Helvetic Republic as Drei Bünde
15 Jul - 25 Dec 1800 Divided into French and Habsburg sectors
16 Jul 1800 Kanton Rätien
18 Jun 1801 Ren-incorporated into the Helvetic Republic
10 Mar 1803 Incorporated into the Swiss Confederation as Gaubünden
President of the provisional government
14 Mar - 21 Apr 1799 Johann Jakob Bavier ....................... 1751-1825
President of the Interim of Government
1799 - 16 Jul 1800 Anton von Salis ........................... 1760-1831
Prefects
16 Jul 1800 - 10 Oct 1801 Gaudenz von Planta ........................ 1757-1834
10 Oct - 18 Nov 1801 Jakob Ulrich Sprecher von Bernegg ......... 1765-1841
Regierungsstatthalter
18 Nov 1801 - 04 Aug 1802 Georg Gengel .............................. 1764-1821
04 Aug - 09 Aug 1802 Florian Fischer
(acting)
09 Aug 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Gaudenz von Planta ........................ s.a
Säntis
06 May 1798 Kanton Säntis part of the Helvetic Republic
27 Sep 1799 Separated from Helvetic Republic
30 Sep 1802 Separated from Helvetic Republic
1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Re-incorporated into the Helvetic Republic
Regierungsstatthalter
08 Jun 1798 - 28 Oct 1801 Johann Kasper Bolt ........................ 1760-1809
28 Oct - 03 Nov 1801 Nikolaus Specker
03 Nov 1801 - 10 Mar 1803 Karl Heinrich Gschwend .................... 1755-1836
Schaffhausen
1798 - 10 Mar 1803 Part of the Helvetic Republic
Regierungsstatthalter
24 Apr 1798 - 30 Mar 1799 Stephan Maurer ............................ 1751-1812
30 Mar 1799 - 02 May 1800 Johannes Tobler ........................... 1765-1839
03 May 1800 - 10 Mar 1803 Johann Konrad Stierlin .................... 1748-1826
Solothurn
12 Apr 1798 - 10 Mar 1803 Incorporated into the Helvetic Republic
Regierungsstatthalter
23 Apr 1798 - 26 Feb 1800 Urs Xaver Joseph Anton Zeltner ............ 1764-1834
26 Feb 1800 - 17 Oct 1801 Amanz Ludwig Maria Glutz-Ruchti ........... 1760-1831
(1st Time)
17 Oct - 24 Dec 1801 Urs Joseph Lüthi .......................... 1765-1837
24 Dec 1801 - 04 Aug 1802 Amanz Ludwig Maria Glutz-Ruchti
(2nd Time)
04 Aug 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Franz Peter Ludwig Leo von Will ........... 1771-1839
Thurgau
30 Apr 1798 - 10 Mar 1803 Incorporated into the Helvetic Republic
Regierungsstatthalter
30 Apr 1798 - 27 Sep 1799 Hans Jakob Gonzenbach ..................... 1754-1815
27 Sep 1799 - 15 Jan 1800 Johann Placidus Rogg ...................... 1769-1830
15 Jan 1800 - 10 Mar 1803 Johan Ulrich Sauter ....................... 1752-1824
Waldstätten
04 May 1798 Waldstätten created from union of Nidwalden,
Obwalden, Uri, Zug, Gersau, and Engelberg
10 Mar 1803 Canton abolished
Regierungsstatthalter
07 Jun 1798 - 06 Feb 1800 Melchior Joseph Alois von Matt ............ 1741-1808
06 Feb 1800 - 05 Nov 1801 Joseph Franz Ignaz Trutmann ............... 1752-1821
05 Nov 1801 - 11 Nov 1802 Meinrad Suter (1st Time) .................. 1766-1816
11 Nov - 21 Nov 1802 Viktor Jütz ............................... 1773-1829
(acting)
21 Nov 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Meinrad Suter (2nd Time)
Valais/Wallis
01 May 1798 - 03 Apr 1802 Incorporated into the Helvetic Republic
12 Nov 1810 - 31 Dec 1813 Annexed by France
Regierungsstatthalter
08 May - 16 Jul 1798 Joseph Louis Pittier (1st Time) ........... 1754-1815
16 Jul 1798 - 23 Jan 1802 Charles Emmanuel de Rivaz ................. 1753-1830
23 Jan - 27 Aug 1802 Joseph Louis Pittier (2nd Time)
Zürich
12 Apr 1798 - 10 May 1803 Canton Zürich part of the Helvetic Republic
Regierungsstatthalter
10 Apr 1798 - 10 Feb 1800 Johann Kaspar Pfenninger .................. 1760-1838
10 Feb 1800 - 06 Nov 1801 Johann Konrad Ulrich ...................... 1761-1828
(1st Time, acting)
06 Nov 1801 - 10 Apr 1802 Hans von Reinhard ......................... 1755-1835
10 Apr - 03 Sep 1802 Johann Konrad Ulrich (2nd Time)
04 Sep - 11 Sep 1802 Johann Ulrich Hofmeister
(acting)
11 Sep - 23 Sep 1802 Albrecht Friedrich May .................... 1773-1853
(acting)
23 Sep 1802 - 10 Mar 1803 Johann Jakob Koller ....................... 1757-1841