Odell Pollard

Odell Pollard was a lawyer and politician in Arkansas. He switched from being a Democrat to becoming a member of the Republican Party. In the 1960s, he chaired the Arkansas Republican Party. In 1967, he addressed the Urban League of Little Rock. He had a law firm in Searcy, Arkansas, and for many years worked to transform Arkansas from a Democratic stronghold into a two-party state. He was a liberal Republican and a close ally of Winthrop Rockefeller.
He was born in Union Hill, Arkansas. He graduated from University of Arkansas School of Law in 1950.