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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/[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew]] 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/>