Ernest M. Pollard

Ernest Mark Pollard ( born April 15, 1869 in Nehawka, Cass County, Nebraska, † September 24, 1939 in Lincoln, Nebraska ) was an American politician. Between 1905 and 1909 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Nebraska in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ernest Pollard attended the District School in Nehawka and thereafter until 1893, the Nebraska State University. He then worked in the area around his birthplace Nehawka in agriculture.

Pollard was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1896 and 1899 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Nebraska. Following the resignation of Congressman Elmer Jacob Burkett Ernest Pollard was elected at the election due in 1905 in the U.S. House of Representatives. After he was re-elected in 1906, he could implement his mandate in Congress between 18 July 1905 and 3 March 1909. For the 1908 elections, he was defeated by Democrat John A. Maguire.

In 1912, Pollard was a delegate to the Republican National Convention. 1920 and 1921 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Nebraska. In the meantime he had continued to work in agriculture. In 1929, Pollard moved to Lincoln, the capital of the State of Nebraska. From this year to 1931 he was Minister of Labour and Welfare in the Government under Governor Arthur Weaver. Then he withdrew into retirement. Ernest Pollard died in September 1939 and was buried at his birthplace Nehawka.

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