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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/>
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/>
Pollard left the chairmanship in December 1970, and the state executive committee chose Charles Taylor Bernard, Sr. (1927-2015), then a businessman engaged in dry cleaning from the small city of Earle in Cross County in eastern Arkansas. Bernard had been the unsuccessful Republican candidate in 1968 against Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. William Fulbright]]. When Rockefeller died in 1973, Pollard followed as Republican national committeeman, a post that Rockefeller had first filled in 1961, after the retirement of party veteran [[Wallace Townsend]]. Pollard was national committeeman until 1976, when U.S. Representative Hammerschmidt assumed the position while remaining a member of Congress. Coincidentally, Pollard died only three weeks prior to the passing of Hammerschmidt on April 1, 2015.
Pollard vacated the chairmanship in December 1970, and the state executive committee chose Charles Taylor Bernard, Sr. (1927-2015), then a businessman engaged in dry cleaning from the small city of Earle in Cross County in eastern Arkansas. Bernard had been the unsuccessful Republican candidate in 1968 against veteran Democratic [[U.S. Senator]] [[J. William Fulbright]]. When Rockefeller died in 1973, Pollard followed as Republican national committeeman, a post that Rockefeller had first filled in 1961, after the retirement of party veteran [[Wallace Townsend]]. Pollard was national committeeman until 1976, when U.S. Representative Hammerschmidt assumed the position while remaining a member of Congress. Coincidentally, Pollard died only three weeks prior to the passing of Hammerschmidt on April 1, 2015.