Name Robert Pomeroy | ||
Robert Watson Pomeroy (June 21, 1902 – January 4, 1989) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
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Early life
He was born on June 21, 1902, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Robert Watson Pomeroy (1868–1935) and Lucy (Bemis) Pomeroy (born 1869). His paternal grandfather was Congressman Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824–1905). He attended the Hotchkiss School. He graduated Ph.B. from Yale University in 1924.
Career
After graduating from Yale, he engaged in the management of investments. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of captain. After the war he entered politics as a Republican.
Pomeroy was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co.) from 1948 to 1964, sitting in the 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures. He was a leading conservationist, and was Chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Natural Resources from 1959 to 1965.
He was a member of the New York State Senate in 1965 and 1966; and a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1967.
Personal life
In 1930, he married Estelle Bassett (1907–1988), and they had two children.
He died on January 4, 1989, at his home in Millbrook, New York, of heart failure; and was buried at St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery in Lithgow.