Theodore M. Pomeroy

Theodore Medad Pomeroy
26th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office March 3, 1869 – March 4, 1869
President	Andrew Johnson
Preceded by	Schuyler Colfax
Succeeded by	James G. Blaine
Member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th
In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869
Preceded by	Charles B. Sedgwick
Succeeded by	George W. Cowles
Member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 25th district
In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	Martin Butterfield
Succeeded by	Daniel Morris
Personal details
Born	December 31, 1824 Cayuga, New York
Died	March 23, 1905 (aged 80) Auburn, New York
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Hamilton College
Profession	Law

Theodore Medad Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905) was an American politician from New York. He served in the House of Representatives as a Republican from 1861 to 1869, and was for a few hours Speaker of the House, from Vice President-elect Schuyler Colfax's resignation on March 3, 1869, until the session was adjourned sine die.

Life

Pomeroy left politics briefly to become a banker (he had been vice-president and general counsel with American Express in 1868).^[1]

Pomeroy return to politics as mayor of Auburn, New York from 1875 to 1876,^[2] then as a member of the New York State Senate (25th D.) in 1878 and 1879.

Retired from public life after 1879, Pomeroy died in Auburn in 1905.

State Senator Robert Watson Pomeroy (1902–1989) was his grandson.

References

• Theodore M. Pomeroy at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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