Howard Wallace Pollock
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Howard Wallace Pollock (born April 11, 1920) is an American politician who once was a Republican Representative from Alaska.
He was born in Chicago and went to school in Perkinston, Mississippi. 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.
He enlisted as a seaman in the United States Navy in 1941 and retired with rank of lieutenant commander in 1946.
He served as Alaska State senator 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 was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination as Governor of Alaska. He also served as president of the National Rifle Association.
As of 1998, he is a resident of Arlington, Virginia.
| Preceded by Ralph Julian Rivers |
United States Representative from Alaska 1967–1971 |
Succeeded by Nick Begich |
