Thaddeus C. Pound

Thaddeus C. Pound
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th district
In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	George W. Cate
Succeeded by	William T. Price
10th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
In office January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872
Governor	Lucius Fairchild
Preceded by	Wyman Spooner
Succeeded by	Milton H. Pettit
Personal details
Born	(1833-12-06)December 6, 1833 Elk Township, Pennsylvania
Died	November 21, 1914(1914-11-21) (aged 80) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Republican

Thaddeus Coleman Pound (December 6, 1833 - November 21, 1914) was an American businessman from Wisconsin who served in both house of the Wisconsin legislature, as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, and as a U.S. Representative (1877-1883). He was the grandfather of poet Ezra Pound.

Born in Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Pound moved with his parents to Monroe County, New York in 1838 and then to the city of Rochester, New York, afterwards moving to Rock County, Wisconsin.

He became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Pound was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin serving under Governor Lucius Fairchild from January 3, 1870 till January 1, 1872. In 1876, Pound was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress, replacing Democrat George W. Cate in representing Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. He was reelected to the Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses.(March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); and was succeeded in the 48th Congress by fellow Republican William T. Price.

During his time as a Representative, Pound was a prominent businessman in Wisconsin. He was president of the Chippewa Falls and Western Railway and the St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway (both predecessors of the Soo Line Railroad). He also served as president of the Chippewa Spring Water Company (a company still in business as of 2008) as well as the Union Lumber Company, which was reorganized as the Chippewa Falls Lumber and Boom Company in 1879.

Death and tribute

He died in Chicago, Illinois on November 21, 1914. The village of Pound, Wisconsin, is named in his honor.

External links

• Thaddeus C. Pound at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Political offices
Preceded by Wyman Spooner	Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin January 3, 1870–January 1, 1872	Succeeded by Milton Pettit
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by George W. Cate	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th congressional district March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883	Succeeded by William T. Price