Howard Wallace Pollock
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska's at-large district | |
In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 | |
Preceded by | Ralph Rivers |
Succeeded by | Nick Begich |
Personal details | |
Born | Howard Wallace Pollock April 11, 1920 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | January 9, 2011 Coronado, California, U.S. | (aged 90)
Political party | Republican |
Education | Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Santa Clara University University of Houston (JD) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) International University Vienna (PhD) |
Military service | |
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Years of service | 1941–1946 |
Rank | Lieutenant Commander |
Howard Wallace Pollock (April 11, 1920 – January 9, 2011)[1] was an American politician and Republican Representative from Alaska.
Biography[]
Pollock was born in Chicago to Olga (née Deblanc) and Oscar Tobias Pollock, and grew up in New Orleans.[2] He went to high school in Perkinston, Mississippi and graduated from Perkinston Junior College. He enlisted as a seaman in the United States Navy in 1941 and retired with rank of lieutenant commander in 1946.[3] During his service in World War II, he lost his right forearm to a grenade accident while training in the South Pacific in 1944.[4]
He studied law at the University of Santa Clara in California and at the University of Houston, Texas, and then did some postgraduate studies at the MIT, where he got a M.S. in industrial management. He was a practicing attorney.
Pollock served in the Alaska Territorial Legislature 1953–1955. He later served in the Alaska Senate 1961–1963 and 1965–1966; and was elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and Ninety-first Congresses (January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress, but rather was an unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Governor of Alaska. Pollock was also a past president of the National Rifle Association.
From 1998 until his death in January 2011 Pollock was a resident of Arlington, Virginia.
Electoral history[]
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Year | Republican | Votes | Pct | Democrat | Votes | Pct | ||
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1966 | Howard W. Pollock | 34,040 | 51.6% | Ralph J. Rivers (inc.) | 31,867 | 48.4% | ||
1968 | Howard W. Pollock (inc.) | 43,577 | 54.2% | N. J. Begich | 36,785 | 45.8% |
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates", FamilySearch, retrieved April 6, 2018
- ^ "POLLOCK, Howard Wallace (1920-2011)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Howard Pollock, congressman who loved adventure; at 90". January 18, 2011.
- ^ "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2007-07-25. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
External links[]
- United States Congress. "Howard Wallace Pollock (id: P000415)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Howard Wallace Pollock at Find a Grave
- Howard Pollock at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
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