Lewis H. Pounds

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Lewis Humphrey Pounds (1861 Lorain County, Ohio December 16, 1947, Brooklyn, New York City) was an American businessman and politician.

Life

He graduated from Oberlin College and Boston University. About 1893 he removed to Brooklyn, New York where he became a real estate broker and developer. He married Carrie Stilson (d. 1940).

He was Brooklyn Commissioner of Public Works when he was elected Borough President of Brooklyn on July 3, 1913. He stayed in office until 1917, the only Republican Borough President of Brooklyn in history. On April 30, 1921, he was appointed one of the original six commissioners of the Port of New York Authority, and later became its President.

He was the last New York State Treasurer, elected in 1924 defeating the incumbent Democrat George K. Shuler. Governor Al Smith undertook a major re-organisation of the State government during his four terms in office, and the State Treasury was merged on January 1, 1927, into the Department of Audit and Control headed by the New York State Comptroller.

In 1932, after the resignation of Jimmy Walker, Pounds ran for Mayor of New York City, but was defeated by Democrat John P. O'Brien.

He was a delegate to the 1908, 1936 and 1940 Republican National Conventions.

He died at his home at 317, East Seventeenth Street, in Brooklyn, and was buried at the Northport Rural Cemetery in Northport, New York.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Alfred E. Steers
Borough President of Brooklyn
1913 - 1917
Succeeded by
Edward J. Riegelmann
Preceded by
George K. Shuler
New York State Treasurer
1925 - 1926
Succeeded by
Morris S. Tremaine
as New York State Comptroller
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