Robert Watson Pomeroy (June 21, 1902 – January 4, 1989) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
He was born on June 21, 1902, in Buffalo, New York, the son of Robert Watson Pomeroy, Sr. (1868–1935),[1] a Yale graduate who was an industrialist and financier in Buffalo and New York,[2] and Lucy (née Bemis) Pomeroy (1869–1958), a former president of the Palmetto Garden Club.
[4] His paternal grandparents were Elizabeth (née Watson) Pomeroy,[1] and Congressman Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824–1905) who served as the 26th Speaker of the House following Schuyler Colfax and was a close friend of U.S. Secretary of State (under Lincoln) William H.
During World War II he served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of captain.
[8][9] Together, they were the parents of two children: He died on January 4, 1989, at his home in Millbrook, New York, of heart failure;[4] and was buried at St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery in Lithgow.