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Charles H. Pond

American politician

Field	Value
name	Charles H. Pond
image	Charles H. Pond (Connecticut Governor) (3x4a).jpg
order	37th
office	Governor of Connecticut
term_start	October 13, 1853
term_end	May 3, 1854
lieutenant	Vacant
predecessor	Thomas H. Seymour
successor	Henry Dutton
order1	42nd and 44th
office1	Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
term_start1	1852
term_end1	1853
governor1	Thomas H. Seymour
predecessor1	Green Kendrick
successor1	Alexander H. Holley
term_start2	1850
term_end2	1851
governor2	Thomas H. Seymour
predecessor2	Thomas Backus
successor2	Green Kendrick
birth_date	April 26, 1781
birth_place	Milford, Connecticut
death_date	April 28, 1861 (aged 80)
spouse	Catherine Dickinson
alma_mater	Yale University
profession	lawyer, politician
party	Democratic

Charles Hobby Pond (April 26, 1781 – April 28, 1861) was an American politician who was the 42nd and 44th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1850 to 1853) and who served as the 37th Governor for seven months (1853–1854) after the resignation of Governor Thomas Hart Seymour. He was named after his direct ancestor Sir Charles Hobby who was knighted by Queen Anne in 1705.

Biography

Born in Milford, Connecticut on April 26, 1781, Pond was the son of Captain and Martha (Miles) Pond. Prepared by his pastor, he attended college beginning at age seventeen and graduated from Yale University in 1802. He studied law with Hon. Roger Minot Sherman, of Fairfield, for two years and admitted to the bar in Fairfield County. Instead of beginning practice, he took a long sea voyage for his health and it suited him so well that he took another. The result was he followed the sea for several years as an employee of his father's shipping business; first as a supercargo, then as captain. Regaining his former health he took up his residence on land again. He was married in 1809 to Catherine Dickinson and they had seven children.

Career

Pond served as an associate judge of New Haven County Court from 1818 to 1819, sheriff of New Haven from 1819 to 1834, and as judge of New Haven County Court from 1836 to 1837.Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: June 1792-September 1805 (Holt, 1911), 331-332.

Pond was elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1850, 1852, and 1853. On October 13, 1853, Governor Thomas H. Seymour resigned from office, and Pond, who was Lieutenant Governor at the time, assumed the duties of Governor. During his tenure, the U.S. Senate passed the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, which caused great controversy throughout the state. (The act made slavery legally possible in a vast new area and revived the bitter quarrel over the expansion of slavery, which had died down after the Compromise of 1850, hastening the start of the Civil War.) Pond did not seek reelection and left office, retiring from public service.

Death and legacy

The same month and year of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Pond died on April 28, 1861, aged 80. He is interred at Milford Cemetery, Milford, Connecticut. He is memorialized on the Milford Founding Fathers Memorial in Milford.

References

"Charles H. Pond". Connecticut State Library.
"Charles H. Pond". familyhistory.us.org.
"Charles H. Pond". Connecticut State Library.
"Charles H. Pond". National Governors Association.
"Charles H. Pond". The Political Graveyard.

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