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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
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
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7
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Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933
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41st
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42nd
(1)
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Democrat
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Tyler / Smith
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Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood
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S
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7
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Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 8, 1929
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40th
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39th
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(5)
40th
(3)
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Democrat
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Tyler / Smith
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Senate President Pro Tempore (40th)
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Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood
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S
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7
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Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
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38th
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(7)
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Democrat
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Edom / Van Zandt
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Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood
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H
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29
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Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
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37th
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Democrat
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Edom / Van Zandt
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Van Zandt
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H
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29
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May 20, 1920 - Jan 11, 1921
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36th
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(9)
(10)
(11)
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Democrat
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Edom / Van Zandt
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Van Zandt
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(1)
42nd Legislature - 1/13/1931, p. 1, listed in "Roll Call of Holdover Senators."
Senate Journal.
(2)
41st Legislature - 1/8/1929, p. 1, listed in "Certificate of New Senators."
Senate Journal.
(3)
40th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 5/9/1927.
Senate Journal.
(4)
39th Legislature - 1/13/1925, p. 1, shows all 31 Senators were elected on 11/4/1924.
Senate Journal.
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39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term.
Senate Journal.
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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 - 1/9/1923, p. 1-2, List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November Seventh, 1922.
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.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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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.
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Biographical Sketches |
Biography, 1/2/1929, p. 6.
Houston Post-Dispatch.
Memorial, April 1963, p. 349.
Texas Bar Journal.
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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.
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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
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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.
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