Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Tomas Glover Pollard

Full Name: Tomas (Thomas) Glover "Tom" Pollard, Sr.
Birth date: May 9, 1895
Death date: October 19, 1962

Terms of Service

Senate, 42nd ⁽⁹⁾ & 41st ⁽⁸⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1929 - 1/10/1933
Democrat
Senate, 40th & 39th ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ Legislatures
1/13/1925 - 1/8/1929
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, 1st C.S., elected 5/9/1927.
Senate, 38th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
Democrat
House, 37th Legislature
1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
Democrat
House, 36th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ Legislature
5/20/1920 - 1/11/1921
Democrat

(1) 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.
(2) 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 .
(3) 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 .
(4) 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.
(5) 39th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/15/1925, pp. 34-35. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(6) 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 .
(7) 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 .
(8) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(9) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(10) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in subsequent legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

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

Photographs

Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas Glover Pollard, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Tomas G. Pollard, State Preservation Board

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, 1890-1976 .
Tomas Glover Pollard, birth date 5/9/1895, death date 10/19/1962, burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County. Find a Grave .
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 .