Thaddeus Coleman Pound (December 6, 1832 – November 20 or 21, 1914) was an American businessman from

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who served in both houses of the Wisconsin legislature, as the 10th

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, and as a

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(1877–1883). His brother was

Albert Pound Albert E. Pound (June 2, 1831 - December 1913) was an American politician and businessman. Born in Warren County, Pennsylvania, he moved with his family to New York. In 1847, the family again relocated to Rock County, Wisconsin Territory and th ...

, who also served in the Wisconsin Assembly. He was a member of the Republican Party. He was the paternal grandfather of the poet

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Life and career

Born in Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Pound moved with his parents, Judith (Coleman) and Elijah Pound, to

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in 1838 and then to the city of

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, afterwards moving to what is now

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. He became a member of the

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and the

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. Pound was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin serving under

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from January 3, 1870 until January 1, 1872. In 1876, Pound was elected to the Forty-fifth

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, replacing George W. Cate of the Democratic Party in representing

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. 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 his fellow-Republican

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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

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). 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.

Death and legacy

Pound died in

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on November 20 or 21, 1914, aged 81. The village of

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, is named in his honor.

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