Thaddeus C. Pound

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Thaddeus C. Pound
Milton H. Pettit
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Chippewa, Dunn district
In office
January 1, 1869 – January 1, 1870
Preceded bySamuel W. Hunt
Succeeded byJedediah W. Granger
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire district
In office
January 1, 1866 – January 1, 1868
Preceded byFrancis R. Church
Succeeded by
  • Samuel W. Hunt
  • for Chippewa and Dunn
  • Horace W. Barnes
  • for Eau Claire and Pepin
In office
January 1, 1864 – January 1, 1865
Preceded byWilliam H. Smith
Succeeded byFrancis R. Church
Personal details
Born
Thaddeus Coleman Pound

(1832-12-06)December 6, 1832
Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 21, 1914(1914-11-21) (aged 81)
Chicago, Illinois
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Relatives

Thaddeus Coleman Pound (December 6, 1832

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

Born in

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

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

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

  1. ^ His birthdate, which is actually in 1832, is often given as 1833 (probably as a result of subtracting his age from his death date, when he was born in December, resulting in error) but 1832 is correct, as confirmed by his death certificate.[1]

References

  1. ISBN 0-8240-7500-5
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  2. ^
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  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Thaddeus C. Pound, 1870-1872". Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Wisconsin. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Profile, jstor.org. Accessed March 18, 2024.

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Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
January 3, 1870–January 1, 1872 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 8th congressional district
March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 		Succeeded by
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