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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Odell N. Pollard
| name =Odell N. Pollard
| birth_date=April 29, 1927
| birth_date=April 29, 1927
| birth_place =Union Hill<br>Independence County<br>[[Arkansas]], [[United States]]
| birth_place =Union Hill<br>Independence County<br>[[Arkansas]], [[United States]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|residence=Searcy, White County, Arkansas
|residence=Searcy, White County, Arkansas
|spouse=(1) Sammy Lane Lewis Pollard (died 1980)<br>
|spouse=(1) Sammy Lane Lewis Pollard (died 1980)
(2) Imogene Stroud Huett (married 1990-2015, his death)
(2) Imogene Stroud Huett (married 1990-2015, his death)
|children=Laura P. Roussel<br>Paula P. Gray<br>Mark Odell Pollard<br>Stepchildren:<br>Jamie Huett<br>Tommy Huett<br>Mary Jane Norman<br>
|children=Laura P. Roussel<br>Paula P. Gray<br>Mark Odell Pollard<br>Stepchildren:<br>Jamie Huett<br>Tommy Huett<br>Mary Jane Norman<br>
Pollard was recommended for a vacant U.S. District Court judgeship in Little Rock, but the appointment from President [[Richard M. Nixon]] went to G. Thomas Eisele, another Rockefeller partisan. State Court Judge Britt had also been considered to fill that vacancy.<ref>Urwin, ''Agenda for Reform'', p. 170.</ref>
Pollard was recommended for a vacant U.S. District Court judgeship in Little Rock, but the appointment from President [[Richard M. Nixon]] went to G. Thomas Eisele, another Rockefeller partisan. State Court Judge Britt had also been considered to fill that vacancy.<ref>Urwin, ''Agenda for Reform'', p. 170.</ref>
Pollard was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in 1968 and, while he was no longer chairman, to the party conclave in 1972 in Miami Beach, [[Florida]]. In 1972, he was the Nixon finance chairman in Arkansas. In 1976, Pollard supported President [[Gerald Ford]], in the Arkansas delegate primary against [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. Pollard was the co-chairman of the housing committee for the 1976 Republican National Convention held in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]]. However, he did not attend the convention but sent his alternate delegate.<ref name=statement/>
Pollard was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in 1968 and, while he was no longer chairman, to the party conclave in 1972 in Miami Beach, [[Florida]]. In 1972, he was the Nixon finance chairman in Arkansas. In 1976, Pollard supported President [[Gerald Ford]], in the Arkansas delegate primary against [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. Pollard was the co-chairman of the housing committee for the 1976 Republican National Convention held in [[Kansas City]], Missouri. However, he did not attend the convention but sent his alternate delegate.<ref name=statement/>
In his capacity as chairman, Pollard often debated in public forums the staunch Democrat Perrin Jones, editor emeritus of the ''The Searcy Daily Citizen'' newspaper and an ally of Governor Faubus.<ref name=statement/>
In his capacity as chairman, Pollard often debated in public forums the staunch Democrat Perrin Jones, editor emeritus of the ''The Searcy Daily Citizen'' newspaper and an ally of Governor Faubus.<ref name=statement/>