Thaddeus C. Pound

Thaddeus C. Pound

Thaddeus Coleman Pound (born December 6, 1833 in Elk , Warren County , Pennsylvania , †  November 21, 1914 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1883 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives ; previously he was its lieutenant governor .

Career

In 1838 Thaddeus Pound moved with his parents to Monroe County, New York State . The family later moved to Rochester . Pound attended the public schools in his new home, the Milton Academy in Wisconsin and the Rushford Academy in New York State. In 1856 he moved to Rock County , Wisconsin, where he worked in the wood industry. Pound was then president of Union Lumbering Co. He was also president of Chippewa Falls & Western Railway Co.

Politically, Pound was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1864 and 1869 he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly several times . In 1869 he was its president. In 1870 and 1871 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin under Governor Lucius Fairchild . In 1872 he was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , on which US President Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for re-election.

In the congressional election of 1876 Pound was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Democrat George W. Cate on March 4, 1877 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1883 . Between 1881 and 1883 he was chairman of the committee for the management of public properties.

In 1882, Pound declined to run for Congress again. In the following years he did not hold any other higher political office. He became president of the Chippewa Spring Water Co.

Thaddeus Pound died in a Chicago hospital on November 21, 1914. In the state of Wisconsin, Pound was named after him. His grandson was the poet Ezra Pound .

Web links

• Thaddeus C. Pound in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thaddeus C. Pound in the database of Find a Grave (English)