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Tomas Glover Pollard Full Name: Tomas (Thomas) Glover "Tom" Pollard, Sr. Date of birth: May 9, 1895 Date of death: October 19, 1962 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 7 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933 41st (2)   42nd (1)   Democrat Tyler / Smith   Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood S 7 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 8, 1929 40th (3)   39th (4) (5)   40th (3)   Democrat Tyler / Smith Senate President Pro Tempore (40th)   Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood S 7 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th (6) (7)   Democrat Edom / Van Zandt   Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood H 29 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923 37th   Democrat Edom / Van Zandt   Van Zandt H 29 May 20, 1920 - Jan 11, 1921 36th (8) (9) (10) (11)   Democrat Edom / Van Zandt   Van Zandt (1) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal. (2) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal. (3) 40th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 5/9/1927. Senate Journal. (4) 39th Legislature - All 31 Senators were elected on November 4, 1924, per Secretary of State, oath of office administered, 1/13/1925, p. 1. Senate Journal. (5) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal. (6) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1924 due to redistricting. Act approved 1921 and effective Apr. 1, 1924, 37th Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 60, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (7) 38th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922, oath of office administered, 1/9/1923, p. 1-2. Senate Journal. (8) Included in "New Legislators in the Texas House," list of 12 new members elected to fill vacancies since the last session, 5/21/1920, p. 11. Austin American. (9) 36th Legislature, 3rd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to Lidiak, Jackson, Garrett, Daniel, Vickers, Biggers, Merriman, Beavens, Neal, Baldwin, Morris, and Pollard), 5/20/1920, pp. 1-2. No committee appointments listed for these members in 3rd-4th C.S. House Journal. (10) Tomas G. Pollard, in special election 11/4/1919, sworn 5/20/1920, succeeded H.P. Davis, resigned 10/1/1919. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (11) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries Spelling of name varies from "Tomas" to "Thomas" to "Tanas D." in journals and other sources. Spelled "Tomas" in resolution, honoring birth of his son, 40th Legislature, p. 6 Senate Journal. Biographical Sketches Biography, 1/2/1929, p. 6. Houston Post-Dispatch. Memorial, April 1963, p. 349. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Senator Thomas G. Pollard of Tyler and Representative Robert E. High of Myrtle Springs honored in Van Zandt County Medical Society resolution, 9/2/1927, for "noteworthy service in the cause of Public Health during the recent regular and called sessions of the legislature, reprinted in "County Medical Society Held Meet at Canton," 9/9/1927, p. 3. Canton Herald. Obituary, "Tom G. Pollard, Ex-Legislator, Dies at Tyler," 10/21/1962. Died Friday night, 10/19/1962. Dallas Morning News. Tomas Glover Pollard, birth date 5/9/1895, death date 10/19/1962, interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 36th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 38th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 39th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 40th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 36th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 42nd R.S. - 1931 Civil Jurisprudence   Congressional Districts (Vice Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Criminal Jurisprudence   Finance   Insurance   Labor (Vice Chair)  Mining, Irrigation and Drainage (Vice Chair)  Nominations By Governor (Chair)  Privileges and Elections   Public Debt   State Institutions and Departments (Chair)  Towns and City Corporations   41st R.S. - 1929 Commerce and Manufacture   Dickson Orphan's Home in Gilmer   Federal Relations (Vice Chair)  Finance (Chair)  Insurance   Privileges and Elections   Public Debts   Senatorial Districts   State Institutions and Departments   Texas Oklahoma Boundary   40th R.S. - 1927 Commerce and Manufactures   Federal Relations (Vice Chair)  Insurance   Privileges and Elections   Public Debts   Public Printing (Chair)  Representative Districts (Chair)  Senatorial Districts   State Institutions and Departments   39th R.S. - 1925 Agricultural Affairs   Commerce and Manufactures   Educational Affairs   Federal Relations (Vice Chair)  Insurance   Public Debts   Public Printing   Representative Districts (Chair)  Senatorial Districts   State Institutions and Departments   38th R.S. - 1923 Agricultural Affairs   Congressional Districts   Contingent Expense   Criminal Jurisprudence   Federal Relations   Judicial Districts (Chair)  Military Affairs   Public Printing (Chair)  Representative Districts   Senatorial Districts   State Affairs   Tax Investigation (Chair)  37th R.S. - 1921 Insurance (Vice Chair)  Penitentiaries   Public Lands and Buildings   Public Printing   Senatorial Districts   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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