Ernest M. Pollard

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Ernest M. Pollard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nebraska's 1st district
In office
July 18, 1905 – March 3, 1909
Preceded byElmer Burkett
Succeeded byJohn A. Maguire
Personal details
Born(1869-04-15)April 15, 1869
Nehawka, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedSeptember 24, 1939(1939-09-24) (aged 70)
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Ernest Mark Pollard (April 15, 1869 – September 24, 1939) was an American Republican Party politician.

He was born in

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
in 1893. He farmed near Nehawka until he was elected to the Nebraska State house of representatives in 1896. He served until 1899 and then became president of the Nebraska Republican League in 1900.

In 1905 he was elected to the

Sixty-first United States Congress
.

He farmed some and was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention and a member of the Nebraska constitutional convention in 1920 and 1921. He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska and was appointed secretary of the State department of welfare and labor by Nebraska Governor Arthur J. Weaver in January 1929 serving until January 1931. He died there on September 24, 1939, and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Nehawka.

References

  1. "Pollard, Ernest Mark". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 21, 2006.
  2. "Pollard, Ernest Mark". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 21, 2006.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Elmer J. Burkett
(R)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Nebraska's 1st congressional district

July 18, 1905 – March 3, 1909
Succeeded by