[4] His brother was Albert Pound, who also served in the Wisconsin Assembly.

[6] Born in Elk Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, Pound moved with his parents, Judith (Coleman) and Elijah Pound, to Monroe County, New York in 1838 and then to the city of Rochester, New York, afterwards moving to what is now Rock County, Wisconsin.

In 1876, Pound was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress, replacing Democrat George W. Cate in representing Wisconsin's 8th congressional district.

During his time as a representative, Pound was a prominent businessman in Wisconsin.

[3] Pound died in Chicago, Illinois on November 20[2] or 21,[3] 1914, aged 81.