Thaddeus C. Pound
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Thaddeus C. Pound | |
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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 |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Chippewa, Dunn district | |
In office January 1, 1869 – January 1, 1870 | |
Preceded by | Samuel W. Hunt |
Succeeded by | Jedediah W. Granger |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire district | |
In office January 1, 1866 – January 1, 1868 | |
Preceded by | Francis R. Church |
Succeeded by |
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In office January 1, 1864 – January 1, 1865 | |
Preceded by | William H. Smith |
Succeeded by | Francis R. Church |
Personal details | |
Born | Thaddeus Coleman Pound December 6, 1832 Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania |
Died | November 21, 1914 Chicago, Illinois | (aged 81)
Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican |
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Thaddeus Coleman Pound (December 6, 1832[notes 1] – November 20[2] or 21,[3] 1914) was an American businessman from Wisconsin who served in both houses of the Wisconsin legislature, as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, and as a U.S. Representative (1877–1883).[4] His brother was Albert Pound, who also served in the Wisconsin Assembly.[5] He was the grandfather of poet Ezra Pound.[6]
Life and career
[edit]Born in Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Pound moved with his parents, Judith (Coleman) and Elijah Pound, to Monroe County, New York in 1838 and then to the city of Rochester, New York, afterwards moving to what is now Rock County, Wisconsin.[citation needed] 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 until 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.[3]
Death and legacy
[edit]Pound died in Chicago, Illinois on November 20[2] or 21,[3] 1914, aged 81. The village of Pound, Wisconsin, is named in his honor.[3]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wilhelm, J. J. (1985). The American Roots of Ezra Pound. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc. p. 13. ISBN 0-8240-7500-5.
- ^ a b "Thaddeus C. Pound Dead". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. November 21, 1914. p. 7. Retrieved April 21, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d Easton, Larry E. (Summer 2007). "The Wisconsin Central in Eau Claire". The Soo. 29 (3). The Soo Line Historical and Technical Society: 9–43.
- ^ "Thaddeus C. Pound, 1870-1872". Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Wisconsin. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men: Wisconsin Volume, Volume 1, American Biographical Publishing Company: 1877, Biographical Sketch of Albert Pound, pp. 256-257
- ^ Profile, jstor.org. Accessed March 18, 2024.
External links
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- United States Congress. "Thaddeus C. Pound (id: P000476)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1832 births
- 1914 deaths
- 19th-century American railroad executives
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- Ezra Pound
- Lieutenant governors of Wisconsin
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Politicians from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
- People from Rock County, Wisconsin
- People from Warren County, Pennsylvania
- Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Wisconsin politicians