Robert Nelson Pollard
Robert Nelson Pollard (1880-1954) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1]
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 20, 1936 to a seat created by 49 Stat. 508. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 27th, and received commission that same day. On April 22, 1947, he assumed senior status, continuing to serve in this capacity until his death on May 24, 1954.[1] Pollard was succeeded in this position by Albert Bryan, Sr..
Early life and education
- University of Virginia School of Law
- University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law, LL.B., 1903[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1904-1930
- Judge, Law and Equity Court, Richmond, Virginia, 1930-1936[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Virginia
Pollar was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on February 20, 1936 to a seat created by 49 Stat. 508. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 27th, and received commission that same day. On April 22, 1947, he assumed senior status, continuing to serve in this capacity until his death on May 24, 1954.[1] Pollard was succeeded in this position by Albert Bryan, Sr..
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Pollard's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Eastern District of Virginia 1936–1947 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Albert Bryan, Sr.
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Mark Davis (Virginia) • Leonie Brinkema • M. Hannah Lauck • Rossie Alston • Arenda L. Wright Allen • Michael Nachmanoff • Roderick Young • David Novak (Virginia) • Patricia Tolliver Giles • Elizabeth Hanes • Jamar Walker | ||
| Senior judges |
T.S. Ellis III • Claude Hilton • Anthony Trenga • Liam O'Grady • Rebecca Smith (Virginia) • Raymond Jackson • Robert Payne (Virginia) • Henry Hudson • John A. Gibney • | ||
| Magistrate judges | John F. Anderson • Ivan Davis • Douglas E. Miller • Robert J. Krask • Mark Colombell • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
George Tucker • George Hay • Philip Pendelton Barbour • Peter Vivian Daniel • John Young Mason • James Dandridge Halyburton • John Curtiss Underwood • Robert William Hughes • Edmund Waddill • James Spencer (Virginia) • James Cacheris • Robert Doumar • Henry Morgan • Richard Williams (Virginia) • Gerald Lee • Jerome Friedman • Duncan Groner • Luther Way • Robert Nelson Pollard • Albert Bryan, Sr. • John Butzner • Joseph Clarke • Walter Hoffman • Charles Hutcheson • Richard Kellam • Walter Kelley • Oren Lewis • John MacKenzie (Virginia) • Robert Merhige • David Warriner • Albert Bryan, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Spencer (Virginia) • Claude Hilton • James Cacheris • Albert Bryan, Sr. • Walter Hoffman • Charles Hutcheson • Richard Kellam • John MacKenzie (Virginia) • Albert Bryan, Jr. • | ||
