Jacques Piou (1838-1932) was a French lawyer and politician.
Early life
Jacques Piou was born on 6 August 1838 in Angers, France.[1][2] His father, Constance Piou, was a politician.[3] His mother, Thérèse Angèle Palmyre Ledall de Kéréon, was an aristocrat.[3]
He studied the Law.[1]
Career
Piou started his career as a lawyer in Toulouse.[1] Politically Piou initially supported Royalism and later General Georges Ernest Boulanger, before supporting the Third Republic following Pope Leo XIII's policy of ralliement following his encyclical Au milieu des sollicitudes.[4]
He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Haute-Garonne from 1885 to 1893, and from 1898 to 1902.[1] He co-founded Popular Liberal Action, a conservative political party, with Count Albert de Mun in 1901. He then served for Lozère from 1906 to 1919.[1]
He authored a biography of Count Albert de Mun that was published in 1925.[2]
Personal life
He married Julie Gentien.[3] They had a daughter, Léonie Thérèse Piou.[3]
Death
He died on 12 May 1932 in Paris.[1][2]
References
- 1.[1.2][1.3][1.4][1.5][1.6]National Assembly: Jacques Piou
- 2.[2.2][2.3]Jacques Piou, Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 3.[3.2][3.3][3.4]Jacques Piou, GeneaNet
- 4.Martin jr, Benjamin F. (Autumn 1979). "The Creation of the Action Libérale Populaire: An Example of Party Formation in Third Republic France". French Historical Studies. 9 (4): 661–662.