Jacques Piou (1838-1932) was a French lawyer and politician.
Early life
Jacques Piou was born on 6 August 1838 in
Angers
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, France.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
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His father, Constance Piou, was a politician.[Jacques Piou](_blank)
GeneaNet His mother, Thérèse Angèle Palmyre Ledall de Kéréon, was an aristocrat.
Career
Piou started his career as a lawyer in Toulouse
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.Royalism
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and later General Georges Ernest Boulanger, before supporting the Third Republic following Pope Leo XIII
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's policy of ''ralliement'' following his encyclical
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'' Au milieu des sollicitudes''.Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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for Haute-Garonne
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from 1885 to 1893, and from 1898 to 1902.Lozère
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from 1906 to 1919.
Personal life
He married Julie Gentien.
Death
He died on 12 May 1932 in Paris.
References
Further reading
* Martin, Benjamin F. "The Creation of the Action Libérale Populaire: an Example of Party Formation in Third Republic France." ''French Historical Studies'' 9.4 (1976): 660-689
online
1838 births
1932 deaths
People from Angers
French Roman Catholics
Popular Liberal Action politicians
Republican Federation politicians
Members of the 4th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 5th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 7th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 9th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 10th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of the 11th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic
Members of Parliament for Haute-Garonne
Members of Parliament for Lozère
French general councillors
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