# Howard Pollock

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{{Short description|American politician (1920–2011)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Howard Pollock
| image         = Howard W. Pollock official portrait cropped.png
| state         = [Alaska](/source/Alaska)
| district      = {{ushr|AK|AL|at-large}}
| term_start    = January 3, 1967
| term_end      = January 3, 1971
| predecessor   = [Ralph Rivers](/source/Ralph_Julian_Rivers)
| successor     = [Nick Begich Sr.](/source/Nick_Begich_Sr.)
| birth_name    = Howard Wallace Pollock
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1920|4|11}}
| birth_place   = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2011|1|9|1920|4|11}}
| death_place   = [Coronado, California](/source/Coronado%2C_California), U.S.
| party         = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| education     = [Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College](/source/Mississippi_Gulf_Coast_Community_College)<br>[Santa Clara University](/source/Santa_Clara_University)<br>[University of Houston](/source/University_of_Houston) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor))<br>[Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) ([MS](/source/Master_of_Science))<br>[International University Vienna](/source/International_University_Vienna) ([PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy))
| allegiance    = {{flag|United States|1912}}
| branch        = {{flag|United States Navy}}
| service_years = 1941–1946
| rank          = [Lieutenant Commander](/source/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States))
}}
'''Howard Wallace Pollock''' (April 11, 1920 – January 9, 2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsminer.com/bookmark/10975591-Howard-Pollock-Alaska-s-2nd-congressman-dies-at-90 |title=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Howard Pollock Alaska s 2nd congressman dies at 90 |accessdate=2011-01-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714174312/http://www.newsminer.com/bookmark/10975591-Howard-Pollock-Alaska-s-2nd-congressman-dies-at-90 |archivedate=2011-07-14 }}</ref> was an American politician and [Republican](/source/United_States_Republican_Party) representative from [Alaska](/source/Alaska).

==Biography==
Pollock was born in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) to Olga (née Deblanc) and Oscar Tobias Pollock, and grew up in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans).<ref>
{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7QZ-D8G |title= Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates |website= [FamilySearch](/source/FamilySearch) |accessdate=April 6, 2018 }}</ref> He went to high school in [Perkinston, Mississippi](/source/Perkinston%2C_Mississippi) and graduated from [Perkinston Junior College](/source/Mississippi_Gulf_Coast_Community_College). He enlisted as a seaman in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) in 1941 and retired with rank of [lieutenant commander](/source/lieutenant_commander) in 1946.<ref name=bio-directory>{{cite news|work=[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)|title=POLLOCK, Howard Wallace (1920-2011)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000415}}</ref> During his service in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he lost his right forearm to a grenade accident while training in the [South Pacific](/source/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II) in 1944.<ref name=bostoncom>{{cite news|url=https://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/01/18/howard_pollock_congressman_who_loved_adventure_at_90/|title=Howard Pollock, congressman who loved adventure; at 90|date=January 18, 2011}}</ref>

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

Pollock served in the Alaska Territorial Legislature from 1953 to 1955. He later served in the [Alaska Senate](/source/Alaska_Senate) from 1961 to 1963 and 1965–1966; and was elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and Ninety-first [Congress](/source/United_States_Congress)es (January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971), being the first Republican elected to Congress from Alaska. 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 of America](/source/National_Rifle_Association_of_America).<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jeff Knox |title=The Knox Report: NRA CEO Suspended Without Pay! |url=https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/knox-report-nra-ceo/479159 |website=firearmsnews.com |publisher=Outdoor Sportsman Group |access-date=17 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230817132203/https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/knox-report-nra-ceo/479159 |archive-date=17 August 2023 |location=Tombstone, AZ |language=en-US |date=July 31, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1998 until his death in January 2011, Pollock was a resident of [Arlington, Virginia](/source/Arlington%2C_Virginia).

==Electoral history==
{{Incomplete list|date=June 2014}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ [Alaska's at-large congressional district](/source/Alaska's_at-large_congressional_district): Results 1966&ndash;1968<ref name="clerkresults">{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |title=Election Statistics |accessdate=2008-10-24 |publisher=Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070725184700/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html |archivedate=2007-07-25 }}</ref>
!|Year
!
!|Republican
!|Votes
!|Pct
!
!|Democrat
!|Votes
!|Pct
|-
|[1966](/source/U.S._House_election%2C_1966)
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Howard W. Pollock'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |34,040
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{pct|34040|65907|1}}
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Ralph J. Rivers (inc.)}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |31,867
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{pct|31867|65907|1}}
|-
|[1968](/source/U.S._House_election%2C_1968)
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|'''Howard W. Pollock (inc.)'''}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |43,577
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{pct|43577|80362|1}}
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|[N. J. Begich](/source/Nick_Begich_Sr.)}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |36,785
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{pct|36785|80362|1}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{CongBio|P000415}}
* {{Find a Grave|64114361}}
* [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=1381 Howard Pollock] at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature''

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{{s-aft|after=[Nick Begich](/source/Nick_Begich_Sr.)}}
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{{National Rifle Association}}
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