Thaddeus Coleman Pound was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

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 and the Wisconsin State Senate

Wisconsin State Senate

The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...

. Pound was Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant governor

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 of Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 1870 - 1872. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 from 1877 until 1883.

His grandson was the poet Ezra Pound

Ezra Pound

Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...

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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

Chippewa Falls and Western Railway

The Chippewa Falls and Western Railway was sold in 1888 to the Minnesota, Saint Croix and Wisconsin Railroad, which merged into the Wisconsin Central Company later that year....

 and the St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Railway (both predecessors of the Soo Line Railroad

Soo Line Railroad

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). He also served as president of the Chippewa Spring Water Company (a company which is 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. The village of Pound, Wisconsin

Pound, Wisconsin

Pound is a village in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 355 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Pound. Pound is part of the Marinette, WI– MI Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

, is named in his honor.

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