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Odell Pollard (April 29, 1927 - May 12, 2015) was a lawyer and politician in Arkansas. He switched from being a Democrat to becoming a member of the Republican Party.[1] In the 1960s, he chaired the Arkansas Republican Party.[2] In 1967 he addressed the Urban League of Little Rock.[3] He had a law firm in Searcy, Arkansas, for many years and worked to transform Arkansas from Democratic Party domination into two-party state.[4] He was a liberal Republican and a close ally of Winthrop Rockefeller.[1]

He was born in Union Hill, Arkansas. He graduated from University of Arkansas School of Law in 1950.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "Odell Pollard (1927–2015)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  2. ^ Ward, John L. (May 16, 2011). The Arkansas Rockefeller. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807143308 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The Arkansas Historical Quarterly". Arkansas Historical Association. February 24, 1995 – via page 37.
  4. ^ a b "Obituary for Odell Pollard, Searcy, AR". www.arkansasonline.com.
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