Pierre-Ernest Dams (14 September 1794 – 20 December 1855)[1] was a Luxembourgish politician, judge, and journalist.
[2] Born in Remich, Dams's father was originally from Dommelen, in the modern Netherlands.
[2] During the Belgian Revolution, Dams was elected to the National Congress of Belgium to represent the district of Grevenmacher.
There, he voted for the Declaration of Independence, against the Treaty of Twenty-Eight Articles, and for making Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha King of the Belgians.
[4] Luxembourg was separated from Belgium by the Treaty of London in 1839, and Dams re-entered political life in the Grand Duchy.