Robert Nelson Pollard
| Robert Nelson Pollard | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Position: | Seat #2 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Active: | 2/27/1936 - 4/21/1947 |
| Senior: | 4/22/1927 - 5/24/1954 |
| Preceded by: | 49 Stat. 508 |
| Succeeded by: | Albert Bryan, Sr. |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1880 |
| Deceased: | 1954 |
| Law School: | University of Virginia School of Law , University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law (1903) |
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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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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Judge Pollard's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial 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: Rebecca Smith • Mark Davis • James Spencer • Anthony Trenga • Liam O'Grady • Gerald Lee • Leonie Brinkema • Raymond Jackson • Henry Hudson • John A. Gibney • Arenda L. Wright Allen | ||
| Senior judges |
T.S. Ellis • Claude Hilton • James Cacheris • Robert Doumar • Henry Morgan • Jerome Friedman • Robert Payne • Albert Bryan, Jr. • | ||
| Magistrate judges | John F. Anderson • Ivan Davis • Hannah Lauck • Theresa Buchanan • Rawles Jones, Jr. • Tommy Miller • William Prince • Douglas E. Miller • David Novak • Lawrence Leonard • | ||
| 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 • Richard Williams • 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 • Robert Merhige • David Warriner • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
James Spencer • Claude Hilton • James Cacheris • Albert Bryan, Sr. • Walter Hoffman • Charles Hutcheson • Richard Kellam • John MacKenzie • Albert Bryan, Jr. • | ||
