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 district
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	Whig Party, Republican
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Leitch Watson
Children	5
Education	Monroe Academy
Alma mater	Hamilton College
Profession	Law
Religion	Presbyterian

Theodore Medad Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905) was an American businessman and politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1869, as the mayor of Auburn, New York from 1875 to 1876, and in the New York State Senate from 1878 to 1879.

Theodore Medad Pomeroy was born on December 31, 1824, the second son and fourth child (of nine) of Rev. Medad Pomeroy (1792–1867), a minister in the Presbyterian church originally from Massachusetts, and Lilly Maxwell (1794–1857), who was originally from Connecticut. He spent his childhood in the village of Elbridge where he went to live when he was nine years old.

He was educated at the Monroe Academy and at 15, entered Hamilton College, as a Junior as students under 13 were not admitted. He graduated in 1842 at 17 years-old and was ranked in the first division of six in a class of 24.

In May 1843, at the age of 18, he left his parent's home in Cayuga and moved to the Village of Auburn where he entered the firm of Beach & Underwood, as a law student. William H. Seward was counsel for the firm as he had just finished serving as the Governor of New York from 1838 to 1842.Christopher Morgan and Samuel Blatchford, who later became one of the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, became associated with the firm. On May 23, 1846, he was admitted to practice as an attorney in New York State.

In 1847, he was elected by the Whig Party as clerk of Auburn and in 1851, he was nominated by the Whigs and was elected district attorney. He was reelected again in 1853 and served a second term. At the end of his second term he was chosen to be a Member of the New York Assembly by the Republicans to represent the second district of Cayuga and served in the legislature in 1857 but declined renomination.

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