Henry M. Pollard

Summary

Henry Moses Pollard (June 14, 1836 – February 24, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Henry M. Pollard
Brady-Handy photo, Library of Congress
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Preceded byRezin A. De Bolt
Succeeded byGideon F. Rothwell
Personal details
Born
Henry Moses Pollard

(1836-06-14)June 14, 1836
Plymouth, Vermont, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 1904(1904-02-24) (aged 67)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Resting placeEdgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnion Army
RankMajor
UnitEighth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Born in Plymouth, Vermont, Pollard attended the common schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1857. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1861. He returned to Vermont and served during the Civil War in the Union Army as major in the Eighth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers. He moved to Chillicothe, Missouri, in 1865 and commenced the practice of law. He served as mayor in 1874. County attorney in 1876.

Pollard was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Forty-sixth Congress. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1879 and continued the practice of law in that city until his death on February 24, 1904. He was interred in Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, Missouri.

References edit

  • United States Congress. "Henry M. Pollard (id: P000414)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 10th congressional district

1877–1879
Succeeded by