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
Member of the New York Senate from the 25th district
In office January 1, 1878 – December 31, 1879
Preceded by	William B. Woodin
Succeeded by	Dennis McCarthy
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

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Martin Butterfield	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 25th congressional district March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Succeeded by Daniel Morris
Preceded by Charles B. Sedgwick	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th congressional district March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Succeeded by George W. Cowles
New York State Senate
Preceded by William B. Woodin	New York State Senate 25th District 1878–1879	Succeeded by Dennis McCarthy

Speakers of the United States House of Representatives

Muhlenberg Trumbull Dayton Sedgwick Macon Varnum Clay Cheves Taylor Barbour Stevenson Bell Polk Hunter White Jones Davis Winthrop Cobb Boyd Banks Orr Pennington Grow Colfax Pomeroy Blaine Kerr Randall Keifer Carlisle Reed Crisp Henderson Cannon Clark Gillett Longworth Garner Rainey Byrns Bankhead Rayburn Martin McCormack Albert O'Neill Wright Foley Gingrich Hastert Pelosi Boehner Ryan

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Financial Services

Pomeroy Garfield Hooper Maynard Cox Buckner Crapo Buckner Curtin Wilkins Dorsey Bacon Springer Walker Brosius Fowler Vreeland Pujo Glass Phelan Platt McFadden Steagall Spence Wolcott Spence Wolcott Spence Patman Reuss St. Germain Gonzalez Leach Oxley Frank Bachus Hensarling

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York

1st district	W Floyd Tredwell Havens J Smith Riker Wickes Riker Sage (2-seat era, A: Lefferts Crocheron Scudder S Wood, B: Sage Townsend Guyon Colden) S Wood Lent Huntington Jackson C Floyd Strong Lawrence Lord King J Floyd Maurice Valk Searing Carter E Smith Stebbins Townsend Taber Reeves Townsend Scudder Metcalfe Covert Belmont Covert McCormick Belford Scudder Storm Scudder Cocks Littleton L Brown Hicks Bacon Hall Sharp Macy Greenwood Wainwright Pike Carney Hochbrueckner Forbes Grucci Bishop Zeldin

2nd district	Laurance Watts Livingston Mitchill Sands Mumford (2-seat era, A: Mumford Paulding Benson Irving Meigs Cambreleng, B: Denning Mitchill Post Wendover Morgan) Tyson Sands J Wood Crocheron Bergen Van Houten Barton Vanderveer De La Montanya Egbert H Murphy Seaman H Murphy Bokee Bowne Cumming Stranahan Taylor J Humphrey Odell Kalbfleisch Bergen Barnes Schumaker Kinsella Schumaker Veeder O'Reilly W Robinson Campbell Boody Chapin Clancy Hurley Fitzgerald Lindsay O'Leary Caldwell Kindred Brunner Barry Hall Derounian Grover Downey Lazio Israel P. King

3rd district	Benson Van Cortlandt Mitchill Clinton Fisk Van Cortlandt, Jr. Denoyelles Ward Tompkins Pierson (3- and 4-seat era, A: Cambreleng Grinnell Ferris, B: Morgan Johnson C White G Lee Curtis F Wood, C: Sharpe Verplanck Selden Ferris Moore Monroe Roosevelt, D: Lawrence Morgan McKeon Hoffman McKeon) Phoenix Miller Nicoll Phoenix Hart Walbridge Pelton Sickles B Wood Odell J Humphrey Hunter W Robinson Slocum Woodford Chittenden JH Smith D James S White Wallace Coombs Hendrix FH Wilson Driggs Bristow Dunwell Foelker Maher FE Wilson Flynn MacCrate Kissel Lindsay Pfeifer Latham Becker Derounian Wolff Roncallo Ambro Carman Mrazek P. King Israel

4th district	Hathorn Schoonmaker Van Gaasbeck Hathorn Elmendorf Van Cortlandt Emott Oakley Schenck Tallmadge Street Van Wyck Frost Ward Cowles Ward Kemble Ward Maclay Underhill Haws Walsh Kelly Barr Kerrigan B Wood Jones Fox Roosevelt Crooke Bliss Campbell Mahoney Clancy Coombs Fischer Clayton Hanbury Wilson Law Wilson Dale Cullen Rooney Barry McMahon Clemente Latham Halpern Wylder Lent Levy Frisa McCarthy Rice

5th district	Silvester Bailey Brooks Bailey Tillotson Bailey McCord Blake Gardenier Cooke Grosvenor Schuyler Strong Patterson Van Wyck B White Oakley Taber Bockee Pendleton Bockee Titus Johnson Davis Leonard Woodruff Tallmadge Briggs Tweed Whitney Maclay Wall F Wood Taylor Morrissey Roberts Meade Muller Bliss Magner Graham Bennet Wilson Bassett Waldo Young Redfield Maher Johnston Kline Black Evans Heffernan Roe Ross Quinn Ross Bosch Addabbo Becker Tenzer Lowenstein Lent Wydler McGrath Ackerman Meeks

6th district	Van Rensselaer Gordon Gilbert Homer Bird Van Ness Bloom Verplanck (2-seat era, A: Knickerbocker Fitch, B: Livingston Grosvenor) Fisk J Wilkin Case Tuthill Borland Craig Hallock Craig Eager S Wilkin J Brown Jones Clinton Fish Campbell Jackson Greeley Brooks Wheeler Cochrane Conkling Ward Raymond Stewart Cox Brooks Cox Muller Cummings Fitzgerald Turner Fellows Magner Howe May Lindsay Baker Calder Rowe W Lee Stengle Sommers Delaney Nodar Delaney Holtzman Rosenthal Halpern Wolff LeBoutillier Addabbo Waldon Flake Meeks Meng

7th district	Van Alen Thompson Thomas J Hasbrouck Schuneman Gardenier Van Rensselaer Bleecker AJ Hasbrouck Betts J Hasbrouck De Witt Ruggles Jenkins AB Hasbrouck Belden DeWitt Brodhead Bodle Sickles Brodhead Palen Van Buren Anderson Nelson Stephens Walker Child Ward Briggs Ward Chanler Calkin Ely Creamer Ely Field Eickhoff Einstein Dugro Dorsheimer JJ Adams Bryce Dunphy Bartlett Vehslage Muller Lessler Fitzgerald Delaney Maher Hogan Quayle Delaney Heller Delaney Addabbo Rosenthal Ackerman Manton Crowley Velázquez

8th district	Glen Van Rensselaer Livingston Van Alen Thompson Pond Sherwood J Adams Root Kirtland Clark McCarty Strong King (2-seat era, A: J Adams Efner Pratt Ely Houck, B: Vanderpoel McClellan Vanderpoel McClellan) Davis Woodworth Warren Halloway Dean Cutting Wakeman Clark Delaplaine Brooks Dodge Brooks Lawson Ward McCook JJ Adams Cox Campbell McCarthy Campbell Dunphy Walsh Mitchell Riordan Creamer Sullivan Riordan Griffin Cleary Bond Cleary Carley Tonry O'Toole Pfeifer Anfuso Heller Anfuso Rosenthal Scheuer Nadler Jeffries

9th district	Gordon Williams Platt Walker K Van Rensselaer Sammons Lovett Westerlo So Van Rensselaer St Van Rensselaer III Hogeboom McManus Dickinson Pierson Hunt Vail Hunt Clinton Niven St. John McKissock Murray Peck Clarke Haskin Haight Herrick Darling F Wood Mellish Schell F Wood Hardy Pulitzer Cox Cummings Campbell Miner Bradley Goldfogle O'Brien Swift O'Connell Petersen O'Connell Rudd Keogh Delaney Ferraro Manton Schumer Weiner Turner Clarke

10th district	Talbot Cooper Cochran Cooper Morris Tibbits Masters Nicholson Stow Moffitt Cushman Dickinson St Van Rensselaer III Spencer Lansing Gallup Barnard Russell Gordon Sherrill Gould Schoonmaker W Murray A Murray Van Wyck Radford Robertson Potter F Wood Hewitt O'Brien Hewitt Spinola Cockran Sickles Cummings Swann Sulzer Metz Haskell Volk Celler Sommers Kelly Celler Biaggi Schumer Towns Nadler

11th district	B Palmer Sailly Thompson Gold Taylor Foote Ashley Hobbie King Root Cramer De Graff A Brown Doe Linn Pratt Silvester Sutherland Westbrook King Russell Kenyon Steele Winfield Van Wyck Greene Van Wyck John C Potter Willis Morton Flower O Potter Merriman Quinn Warner Cummings Sulzer Hearst Fornes Riordan Prall O'Leary Buck Heffernan Celler Keogh Brasco Scheuer Towns Owens Clarke Grimm D Donovan

12th district	Thomas Wilson Root Metcalf (2-seat era, A: Shipherd Adgate J Palmer Gross Walworth, B: Winter Savage Pitcher) Eaton Dietz De Graff Borst Bouck Martindale Russell Blair Seymour Herrick Ripley Reynolds Seymour Dean Teller Miller Thompson Beale Baker Nelson Ketcham St. John Odell Potter Hutchins Dowdney Cockran Flower Little Cockran McClellan Cockran Conry Goldfogle London Goldfogle London Dickstein Rooney Dorn Carey Kelly Chisholm Owens Velázquez C Maloney

13th district	Sammons Swart Tracy Boyd Yates Lawyer Peek Gebhard Williams Angel Chase Angel Whallon Farlin J Palmer Hand Tomlinson Barnard B Wood Slingerland Schoolcraft Sage Olin Steele Hubbell Cornell Griswold Tuthill Whitehouse Ketcham Viele Fitch Warner Shannon Levy Belmont Harrison Parsons Levy Sullivan Loft Sullivan Capozzoli O'Toole Multer Podell Solarz Molinari Fossella McMahon Grimm Rangel

14th district	Root Russell Mathews Avery Markell Cady Herkimer Fay Conkling Storrs Beardsley Gillet Spencer Fine Van Rensselaer Rogers Culver Kellogg Andrews Boyd Peckham Dickson Corning Reynolds Corning Pruyn Goodyear Pruyn Mayham Perry De Witt Beebe Ferdon Beach Stahlnecker Fellows Quigg Chanler Douglas Rider Towne Willett Kindred Levy Farley La Guardia Perlman Sirovich Edelstein Klein Rayfiel Multer Rooney Richmond Molinari Molinari C Maloney Crowley

15th district	Griswold Williams Kirkpatrick Porter (2-seat era, A: Bowers Williams Birdsall Drake Lyman Campbell, B: Thompson Hammond Williams Monell Hawkes) Herkimer Hoffman McVean Bovee Edwards Wagner Sanford Stetson Russell Lawrence Thurman Russell Hughes Dodd McKean Griswold Tanner Warren Perry Bagley Mayham Lounsbery Cornell Bagley Beach Bacon Stivers Bacon Fitch Straus Low Ruppert Douglas Olcott Patten Conry T Smith Dooling Ryan Boylan Mi Kennedy Burchill Celler Ray Carey Zeferetti SW Green Rangel Serrano

16th district	Paterson Tracy R Humphrey Miller Gold Storrs Kirkland Cady Markell Arnold Soule Mann Loomis Doig Ellis H White J Wells Simmons G Palmer Kellogg Hale Ferriss Rogers Smart C Adams Quinn Bailey Nolan Van Alstyne Ketcham Ryan Fairchild Ward Underhill Pugsley Ruppert Harrison Dooling T Smith Cockran O'Connor Fay Buck JJ Murphy Powell JM Murphy Holtzman Schumer Rangel Serrano Engel

17th district	Phelps Halsey Harris W Smith Willoughby Hubbard Hackley Hubbard Taylor (2-seat era, A: Beardsley Miller Foster Brewster, B: Turrill Grant J Floyd) Benton Petrie Alexander Buell Perkins Spinner Sherman Hulburd Wheeler Hale Townsend W Wood Burleigh Lindsley Hopkins Knapp Cox Marvin Odell Tompkins Shober Bennet George Carew Pell Mills Cohen Pratt Peyser Barton Simpson Baldwin Coudert Lindsay Kupferman Koch JM Murphy Molinari Weiss Nadler Engel Lowey

18th district	Kent Ogden Ford Sterling Martindale Pitcher Wardwell Bronson Chittenden King Collins King Rowe Horton Cochrane Vibbard Marvin Sanford Carroll Wheeler Williams Hammond Johnson Burleigh Greenman Quackenbush LeFever Ketcham Goulden Ayres Patten Francis Carew Ma Kennedy Marcantonio JG Donovan Santangelo Powell Rangel Koch SW Green García Serrano Lowey S Maloney

19th district	Geddes Birdseye Porter Hall Litchfield Richards Ross Keese Finch Hogan Page Prentiss Bowne Hungerford Mullin Clarke Ives Chase Hughston Morse Graham Franchot Miller Hubbard Fields Knapp Prindle Hathorn Wheeler A James Parker Swinburne Kane Tracey Haines Black Cochrane Draper Otis Andrus Chandler Rowan Chandler Bloom Dickstein Klein Farbstein Abzug Rangel Biaggi Engel Fish Kelly Hall Hayworth Gibson

20th district	(2-seat era, A: Avery Throop Avery Cruger Baker Rochester Collins Fosdick Bunner Hawkins Dayan, B: Comstock Richmond Woodcock Eyck Hugunin Wright Fisher Sanford Wardwell) Johnson Seymour Parker Allen Gordon Beardsley Carpenter Jenkins Matteson Jenkins Matteson Conkling Clark Laflin Merriam Wilber Hathorn Starin West Wemple West Sanford Tracey Southwick Glynn Southwick Bradley Harrison Cantor Siegel La Guardia Lanzetta Marcantonio Lanzetta Marcantonio Bloom F Roosevelt Davidson Teller Ryan Abzug Weiss Ottinger DioGuardi Lowey Gilman Sweeney Gillibrand S Murphy Gibson Tonko

21st district	(2-seat era, A: Hopkins Brooks Ellicott Allen Spencer, B: Howell Porter Clarke Spencer Tracy) Clark Whitmore Clark Monell Collier Mitchell Mason Clark Cary Goodyear Starkweather Walden Snow Bennett Duell Kernan Conkling Bailey Roberts Merriam Miller Bundy Wilber Jacobs Ray Johnson Moffitt Wever Schermerhorn Wilber Stewart Ketcham McMillan H Fish II Connell George Hulbert JF Donovan Ansorge Weller Gavagan Torrens Javits Zelenko Healey Scheuer Badillo García H Fish IV McNulty Tonko Owens Stefanik

22nd district	Dwinell Miller Stower Beekman E Reed (2-seat era, A: Halsey Leonard Bruyn Beers Leonard Partridge, B: Hathaway Reynolds Gray Dana Riggs) Purdy Strong Birdsall Bennett G Smith Goodwin McCarty Goodwin ML Lee Lansing Littlejohn Holmes Churchill Lansing Roberts Bagley Miller Skinner Parker Lansing Russell Curtis Littauer Draper Bruckner Griffin Curley Lynch Powell Fine Healey Gilbert Badillo Bingham Gilman Solomon Sweeney Hinchey

23rd district	Litchfield Badger Earll Jewett (2-seat era, A: Fuller Bicknell Earll Birdseye, B: Taylor Rogers Foster) O Robinson Hough Duer Babcock Lyon Gilbert Hoard Clark Davis McCarthy Duell Lansing Lord Bacon Prescott Spriggs Sherman Bentley Wever Foote Emerson Southwick De Forest Goulden Bennet Oliver McKiniry Rossdale Oliver Buckley Lynch Fine Dollinger Gilbert Buckley Bingham Peyser Caputo Peyser Stratton McNulty Boehlert McHugh Owens T Reed

24th district	Day Kellogg Garrow Powers Doubleday Day Doubleday Noble Morgan Wheaton Gott Jones Granger Sedgwick Pomeroy Cowles Seeley Duell Baker Mason Nutting Pindar Wilber Pindar Van Horn Chickering Shaw Knapp G Smith LeFevre G Fairchild Oglesby B Fairchild Ganly B Fairchild Ganly B Fairchild Fitzpatrick Rabin Isacson Dollinger Buckley Fino Biaggi Reid Ottinger Solomon McHugh Boehlert Arcuri Hanna Maffei Katko

25th district	Lawrence C Humphrey Woodcock Maxwell Barstow Clark Chapin Birdsall Strong Maynard Rathbun Conger Howe Morgan Butterfield Pomeroy Morris Kelsey Lamport MacDougall Leavenworth Hiscock Belden Sherman Littauer Durey Akin Taylor Husted Wainwright Millard Gamble Buckley Fino Barry Ottinger Peyser Fish IV Boehlert Walsh Maffei Buerkle Slaughter

27th district	Hayden Barnard Childs Whittlesey Howell J Lee Andrews Mallory Oliver B Green De Mott Holley Blackmar Sackett Taylor Parker A Wells Diven Van Valkenburg Ward H Smith Platt Lapham Wadsworth Payne Nutting Payne Belden Poole Belden Driscoll Sherman Millington Talcott McClellan Ward Pratt Goodwin Rockefeller Le Fevre Gwinn Barry St. George Dow Robison McHugh Wortley Walsh Paxon Reynolds Quinn Higgins Collins

28th district	Rochester Woods Porter Magee Wheeler Whittlesey Childs Kempshall Childs Patterson E Holmes Schermerhorn Hastings Kelsey Irvine Van Valkenburg Clarke Hart Selye Davis C Holmes Clarke H Smith Platt Dwight Millard Arnot Flood Rockwell Payne Knapp Mott Ten Eyck Sanford Ten Eyck Corning Byrne Gamble St. George Wharton Resnick Fish IV Stratton McHugh Slaughter

29th district	Wilson P Adams Evans Tracy Lay Patterson Putnam Gates Carroll Rose Horsford Boody Carpenter Williams Andrews Ely Frank Van Horn Fisher Wakeman Clarke Walker Hungerford Richardson Arnot Davenport Raines Gillet Driscoll Parker Thomas Cluett Taylor Bennet St. George Wharton O'Brien Button Stratton King Pattison Solomon Horton LaFalce Houghton Kuhl Massa T Reed

30th district	Tracy Garnsey Norton Cooke Fuller Young Peck Young Hubbell Robie Rumsey Robie Pringle Sherman Frank Ganson JM Humphrey Bennett Williams Hoskins Davy Hart Van Voorhis Greenleaf Baker Greenleaf Wadsworth Dwight Wallin Charles Lunn Crowther Kearney Le Fevre Wharton O'Brien King McEwen Martin Conable Eckert Slaughter Quinn

31st district	Hazeltine R Marvin Clarke Tyler Lewis D Marvin Risley Martin Flagler Burroughs Reynolds Van Horn Fenton Aernam Sheldon Sessions Bass Hoskins Benedict Crowley Stevens Sawyer Wadsworth Van Voorhis Brewster O'Grady Perkins Payne Merritt Snell Pierce Kilburn Kearney Taylor King Kilburn McEwen Mitchell Kemp Paxon Houghton

32nd district	Fillmore Love Fillmore Moseley Hall Spaulding Haven Hatch Spaulding Sessions Bass Lockwood Pierce Scoville Rogers Farquhar Lockwood Mahany Ryan Perkins Havens Danforth Mott Sweet Culkin Fuller Byrne O'Brien Kearney Stratton Pirnie Hanley Wortley LaFalce

33rd district	Hard Mitchell Babcock A Smith Putnam Hascall Fenton Edwards Fenton Norton Patterson Van Aernam Brewer Weber Wiley Bunting Daniels Alexander Gillet Fassett Underhill Talcott Snyder Davenport Sisson Douglas Taylor Kilburn Robison Walsh G Lee Nowak

34th district	Hunt Burrows Sessions Laidlaw Hooker Vreeland Wadsworth Porter Simmons Fairchild Hill J Clarke Tolley J Clarke M Clarke Lord Hall Kilburn Williams Pirnie Riehlman Hanley Terry Horton Lundine Houghton

35th district	Ryan Driscoll Clancy Magee Hancock Fuller Davies Williams Riehlman Stratton Hanley Conable

36th district	Alexander C Smith Payne Gould Taber Hancock Riehlman Taber Horton HP Smith III LaFalce

37th district	Vreeland Underhill Pratt Houghton Henry Stalker Cole Hall Cole Robison Ostertag Conable Dulski Nowak

38th district	Dunn Jacobstein Whitley Duffy Kelly O'Brien Taber Keating Weis Goodell Hastings Kemp

39th district	Danforth Sanders Wadsworth Cole Ostertag Pillion McCarthy Kemp Hastings Lundine

40th district	Gittins Dempsey Andrews Rogers Keating Miller HP Smith III

41st district	C Smith MacGregor Cooke Beiter Harter Beiter Mruk Wadsworth Ostertag Radwan Dulski

42nd district	Driscoll Waldow Mead Schwert Butler Andrews Pfeiffer Miller Pillion

43rd district	Hamilton D Reed Elsaesser Tauriello Radwan D Reed Goodell

44th district	Butler Gorski Butler

45th district	D Reed

At-large	Tremain Slocum (2-seat era, A: Fitzgibbons Merritt, B: Studley O'Day Stanley)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 78416752 LCCN: no99061976 US Congress: P000424

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