Jules Pams
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Jules Pams | |
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 Jules Pams in 1912 | |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 2 March 1911 – 17 January 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Maurice Raynaud |
| Succeeded by | Fernand David |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 16 November 1917 – 20 January 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Théodore Steeg |
| Succeeded by | Théodore Steeg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1852 Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France |
| Died | 12 May 1930 (aged 77) Paris, France |
Jules Pams (14 August 1852 – 12 May 1930) was a French politician who was a deputy from 1893 to 1904, then a senator from 1904 to 1930. He was Minister of Agriculture from 1911 to 1913 and Minister of the Interior from 1917 to 1920. In 1913 he was a candidate for the presidency of France. He is known for the "Hôtel Pams", a mansion in Perpignan that was redesigned and decorated to his taste, and is now a conference center.
Jules Pams was born on 14 August 1852 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, to a leading family in that city.[1] His great grandfather came from humble origins and rose to become vice-consul to the Republic of Genoa. His grandfather, a successful businessman of Port-Vendres, became vice-consul to Sardinia.[2] Jules Pams attended the lycée Charlemagne and then the Faculty of Law of Paris. After graduating he became an attorney in Perpignan. In 1889 Pams ran for election to the legislature on the Radical list but was not elected. He became a member of the general council of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in 1892, representing the canton of Argelès-sur-Mer. He was a member of the general council for thirty six years, and its president for fifteen years.[1]
In 1888 Jules Pams married Jeanne Bardou, one of the heiresses of the JOB cigarette paper company founded by Jean Bardou.[2][3] Her father, Pierre Bardou, son of the founder, had bought several properties on the rue Saint-Sauveur (rue E. Zola) between 1852 and 1872 and built a town house on the site illuminated by a magnificent glass roof. Pams and his wife lived in this house, and after the death of Pierre Bardou in 1892 employed the architect and designer Léopold Carlier (1839–1922) to transform it.[4] The renovation in 1894–97 added gold, marble and onyx throughout, with marquetry furniture and paintings by Paul Gervais. The "Hôtel Pams" became the social focus of the wealthy elite of the city.[3][a] Jeanne died in 1916. Pams married Marguerite Holtzer in 1918.[4]
