[2] Born in Auburn, Maine,[1][3][4] Pomeroy attended Edward Little High School.
[3][5] In February 1944, Pomeroy was inducted into the United States Navy to serve in World War II,[1][4][5] spending two years in the Pacific Theatre.
[3] Upon his return, he practiced law in Portland, Maine, and in 1949 was named a referee in bankruptcy.
[1] Pomeroy retired from the court in 1980, and was thereafter the first chairman of Maine's Indian Tribal-State Commission, created the same year.
[1][3] In 1991, he moved to Orlando, Florida, where he died at Winter Park Memorial Hospital two years later, at the age of 79.