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Thaddeus C. Pound | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's8th 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 theWisconsin State Assembly from theChippewa,Dunn district | |
| In office January 1, 1869 – January 1, 1870 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel W. Hunt |
| Succeeded by | Jedediah W. Granger |
| Member of theWisconsin State Assembly from theChippewa,Dunn,Eau Claire district | |
| In office January 1, 1866 – January 1, 1868 | |
| Preceded by | Francis R. Church |
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| In office January 1, 1864 – January 1, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Francis R. Church |
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| Born | Thaddeus Coleman Pound (1832-12-06)December 6, 1832 Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 1914(1914-11-21) (aged 81) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 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 fromWisconsin who served in both houses of the Wisconsin legislature, as thetenth Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, and as aU.S. Representative (1877–1883).[4] His brother wasAlbert Pound, who also served in the Wisconsin Assembly.[5] He was the grandfather of poetEzra Pound.[6]
Born inElk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Pound moved with his parents, Judith (Coleman) and Elijah Pound, toMonroe County, New York in 1838 and then to the city ofRochester, New York, afterwards moving to what is nowRock County, Wisconsin.[citation needed] He became a member of theWisconsin State Assembly and theWisconsin State Senate. Pound was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin serving underGovernorLucius Fairchild from January 3, 1870 until January 1, 1872.
In 1876, Pound was elected as aRepublican to theForty-fifthCongress, replacingDemocratGeorge W. Cate in representingWisconsin's 8th congressional district. He was reelected to theForty-sixth andForty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883), and was succeeded in the 48th Congress by fellow RepublicanWilliam T. Price.
During his time as a representative, Pound was a prominent businessman in Wisconsin. He was president of theChippewa Falls and Western Railway and the St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway (both predecessors of theSoo 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]
Pound died inChicago, Illinois on November 20[2] or 21,[3] 1914, aged 81. The village ofPound, Wisconsin, is named in his honor.[3]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWisconsin's 8th congressional district March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 | Succeeded by |
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