Charles W. Pool
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Charles Wesley Pool (born Illinois, November 20, 1856; died Lincoln, Nebraska, July 5, 1930) was an American newspaper editor and politician. A Democrat, Pool served as Speaker of the Nebraska House in 1908-1909 and won four terms as Secretary of State of Nebraska (1915–1919, 1923–1927). He was also the editor and co-owner of the Johnson County Journal, based in Tecumseh, Nebraska, from 1884 to 1919.
Pool was the son of Benjamin Wells Pool (1826–1869) and Dorcas Ann (Shinn) Pool Shepherd (1835–1905). His family settled near Pawnee City when he was a child. After his father's death in 1869 Pool left home; he became apprenticed to a printer in Illinois in 1874. In 1883 he returned to Nebraska and in 1884 became co-owner and editor of the Johnson County Journal.