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Howard Pollock
Howard W. Pollock official portrait cropped.png
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

(1920-04-11)April 11, 1920
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died January 9, 2011(2011-01-09) (aged 90)
Coronado, California, U.S.
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
Allegiance  United States
Branch/service  United States Navy
Years of service 1941–1946
Rank Lieutenant Commander

Howard Wallace Pollock (April 11, 1920 – January 9, 2011) 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. 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. During his service in World War II, he lost his right forearm to a grenade accident while training in the South Pacific in 1944.

He studied law at Santa Clara University School of Law and at the University of Houston, and then did some post-graduate studies at MIT, from which he earned a M.S. in industrial management. He was a practicing attorney.

Pollock served in the Alaska Territorial Legislature from 1953–1955. He later served in the Alaska Senate from 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

Alaska's At-large congressional district: Results 1966–1968
Year Republican Votes Pct Democrat Votes Pct
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%
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