Charles Pomeroy

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Charles Pomeroy (September 3, 1825 - February 11, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Pomeroy received an academic education. He studied law and practiced. He moved to Iowa in 1855 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as receiver of the United States land office at Fort Dodge, Iowa, from September 11, 1861, until March 3, 1869, when he resigned.

Pomeroy was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1870. He was a claim agent until his death in Washington, D.C., February 11, 1891. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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• Charles Pomeroy at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress