Biography

02/13/1833 - 06/27/1900

POLLOCK, William J., a Representative from Philadelphia County, born, February 13, 1833 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; quartermaster clerk, United States Army, Schuylkill Arsenal, Philadelphia (1861-1865, Civil War); engaged, wholesale dry goods business; proprietor, Campbell & Pollack mill, woolen goods manufacturer (1865-1900); elected, select council, Philadelphia (1865-1867); collector of Internal Revenue, United States Department of Revenue, Philadelphia (1870-1875); appraiser (1877); member, Board of Education, Philadelphia (1876-1900); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1879 and 1881 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1882); died, June 27, 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.