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Howard Pollock


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 Sr.

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 to 1955. He later served in the Alaska Senate from 1961 to 1963 and 1965–1966; and was elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and Ninety-first Congresses (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.

From 1998 until his death in January 2011, Pollock was a resident of Arlington, Virginia.

Electoral history

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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%

References

"Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Howard Pollock Alaska s 2nd congressman dies at 90". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
"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.
Jeff Knox (July 31, 2023). "The Knox Report: NRA CEO Suspended Without Pay!". firearmsnews.com. Tombstone, AZ: Outdoor Sportsman Group. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
"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 Pollock (id: P000415)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Howard Pollock at Find a Grave
Howard Pollock at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byRalph Rivers	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska's at-large congressional district 1967–1971	Succeeded byNick Begich
National Rifle Association of America
Preceded byKeith M. Gaffaney	President of the NRA 1983–1985	Succeeded byAlonzo H. Garcelon

v t e Members of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska
Non-voting delegates, elected at-large (1905–59)	Waskey Cale Wickersham Sulzer Wickersham Sulzer Grigsby Wickersham Sutherland Wickersham Dimond Bartlett
Members of the House of Representatives, elected at-large (1959–present)	Rivers Pollock Begich (I) Young Peltola Begich (II)

v t e National Rifle Association of America
Presidents	Ambrose Burnside (1871–72) William Conant Church (1872–75) Alexander Shaler (1875–77) Winfield Scott Hancock (1881) Ulysses S. Grant (1883–84) Philip Sheridan (1885) George Wood Wingate (1886–1900) William Libbey (1916–21) Smith W. Brookhart (1921–25; 1925–26) Francis E. Warren (1925) Patrick J. Hurley (1929) Benedict Crowell (1930–31) Karl Frederick (1934) Littleton W. T. Waller Jr. (1939) Emmett Swanson (1948–49) Merritt A. Edson (1949–50) Morton C. Mumma (1955) Harlon Carter (1965–67) Lloyd M. Mustin (1977–78) Howard Wallace Pollock (1983–85) Joe Foss (1988–90) Robert K. Corbin (1992–93) Marion Hammer (1995–98) Charlton Heston (1998–2003) Sandra Froman (2005–07) David Keene (2011–13) James W. Porter II (2013–15) Pete Brownell (2017–18) Oliver North (2018–19) Carolyn D. Meadows (2018; 2019–21) Charles L. Cotton (since 2021)
CEOs and Executive Vice Presidents	Milton Reckord (1926–49) C. B. Lister (1949–51) Merritt A. Edson (1951–55) Floyd Lavinius Parks (1956–59) Franklin Orth (1959–70) Maxwell Rich (1970–77) Harlon Carter (1977–85) G. Ray Arnett (1985–86) J. Warren Cassidy (1986–91) Wayne LaPierre (1991–2024)
See also	NRA Foundation Camp Perry Eddie Eagle Institute for Legislative Action Political Victory Fund National Firearms Museum Great American Outdoor Show NRATV The Price of Freedom (2021)

Alaska's delegation(s) to the 90th–91st United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

90th	Senate: ▌E. Gruening (D) ▌B. Bartlett (D) ▌T. Stevens (R)	House: ▌H. Pollock (R)
91st	Senate: ▌T. Stevens (R) ▌M. Gravel (D)	House: ▌H. Pollock (R)

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