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Émile Prüm died 19 January 1922 in Clervaux.

He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies on 4 July 1892 for the canton of Clervaux and would remain a member until 1913.

In the late 19th century, formalised political parties did not yet exist in Luxembourg. The term "Catholic party" was however used to loosely describe a certain group of members of the Chamber of Deputies, and their supporters in the church, the press, and popular associations. Not long after his election to the Chamber, Prüm became this Catholic party's uncontested leader, imposing his strong personality on them.

Prüm represented the conservative wing of the party, as well as farming interests. He had very little interest in a formal party, whose structures could only hinder his freedom of action.

Prüm resigned from the Chamber on 29 March 1913, having been forced out of political life for private reasons. His son Pierre Prüm was elected to replace him in the Chamber on 5 May of that year. Talks to found a Catholic party did not start until Émile Prüm had left the political scene.

On 3 November 1915, he was arrested in Clervaux and taken to Trier, where he was sentenced by a military court on 25 January 1916 to 3 years' imprisonment, for insulting the Germany army, through his publication "La Belgique Martyre". He was imprisoned for one and a half year, first in Wittlich, then in Düsseldorf. He was then pardoned in April 1917.

He on died 19 January 1922 in Clervaux.