Earl Ralph Pomeroy III[1] (born September 2, 1952) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011.

[5] Earl Pomeroy supported the House resolution opposing George W. Bush's troop surge plan in February 2007.

Without the commitment between the warring parties in Iraq to stop the killing, and create a political agreement upon which a national government can exist, 20,000 more U.S. soldiers are not likely to bring about a lasting peace."

Pomeroy voted for the Affordable Health Care for America Act in November 2009, stating that the bill was far from perfect, "but so is our present system.

For his first five campaigns, he did not gain the victory margins scored by North Dakota's two Democratic Senators, Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan.

Pomeroy faced Republican Matthew Mechtel in the 2006 general election, easily winning re-election to his eighth term.

On July 2, 2009, Pomeroy married Mary Berglund in a private ceremony at the site of his family's homestead in Valley City, North Dakota.