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{{Infobox officeholder

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Odell Pollard​

|name=Odell 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]]​

| death_date=March 12, 2015 (aged87)​

|death_date=March 12, 2015 (aged87)​

| death_place=Searcy, [White County, br>Arkansas​

|death_place=Searcy, White County, br>Arkansas​

| resting_place=White County Memorial Gardens in Searcy​

|resting_place=White County Memorial Gardens in Searcy​

| occupation=[[Attorney]]​

|occupation=[[Attorney]]​

|office=State Chairman of the<br>[[Republican Party]] in Arkansas

|office=State Chairman of the<br>[[Republican Party]] in Arkansas

|term_start=December 10, 1966​

|term_start=December 10, 1966​

|term_end=December 1970​

|term_end=December 1970​

|preceded=[[John Paul Hammerschmidt]]​

|preceded=[[John Paul Hammerschmidt]]​

|succeeded=Charles Taylor Bernard​, Sr.

|succeeded=[[Charles T. Bernard]]

|office2=Republican National Committeeman from Arkansas​

|office2=Republican National Committeeman for Arkansas​

|term_start2=February 1973​

|term_start2=February 1973​

|term_end2=1976​

|term_end2=1976​

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 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.​

Pollard vacated the chairmanship in December 1970, and the state executive committee chose [[Charles T. Bernard]], then a businessman engaged in dry cleaning from the small city of Earle in Crittenden 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.​

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