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.

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Senate District 7
Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 41st ⁽²⁾ 42nd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

Senate District 7
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th ⁽³⁾ 39th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 40th ⁽³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (40th)
(40th)
(40th)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Tyler / Smith
Counties in district: Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

Senate District 7
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Edom / Van Zandt
Counties in district: Camp, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

House District 29
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Edom / Van Zandt
Counties in district: Van Zandt

House District 29
May 20, 1920 - Jan 11, 1921
Legislatures: 36th ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Edom / Van Zandt
Counties in district: Van Zandt

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Resolutions and Journal entries

38th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, "On Members of the Senate," pp. 325-326. Senate Journal.
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

Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 1/1/1929, p. 7. 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.
Thomas G. Pollard, Sr., birth date 5/9/1895 in Van Zandt County; death date 10/19/1962 in Tyler, Smith County; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
Tomas Glover Pollard, birth date 5/9/1895, death date 10/19/1962, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas Glover Pollard, 36th 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 Information top

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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