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 byGeorge W. Cate
Succeeded byWilliam T. Price
10th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
In office
January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872
GovernorLucius Fairchild
Preceded byWyman Spooner
Succeeded byMilton 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[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]

  1. ^ Wilhelm, J. J. (1985). The American Roots of Ezra Pound. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc. p. 13. ISBN 0-8240-7500-5.
  2. ^ "Thaddeus C. Pound Dead". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. November 21, 1914. p. 7. Retrieved April 21, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference The Soo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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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