Theodore Medad Pomeroy Papers, . 1862-1864

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Theodore Medad Pomeroy Papers, . 1862-1864

Theodore Medad Pomeroy (1824-1905) was a lawyer, banker, legislator, district attorney, mayor, and Republican United States representative from New York, 1861-1869. The collection includes letters to Pomeroy, while a United States representative from New York, from his constituents in the army at Port Royal and Saint Helena Island, S.C., and at Fort Monroe and elsewhere in Virginia, about army politics.

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Pomeroy, Theodore Medad, 1824-1905

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Theodore Medad Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905) was an American businessman and politician from New York who served as the 26th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives for one day, from March 3, 1869, to March 4, 1869, the shortest American speakership term in history. He represented New York's 24th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1869. He also served as the mayor of Auburn, New York, from 1875 to 1876, and in the New Yo...