Fred G. Pollard

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Frederick Gresham "Fred" Pollard (born May 7, 1918 in Richmond , Virginia ; † July 7, 2003 in New London , Connecticut ) was an American politician and lawyer, who served as lieutenant governor from 1966 to 1970 and from 1950 to 1965 Was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates .

Life

Frederick Gresham Pollard was born in Richmond in 1918 as the son of District and City Judge Roy Nelson Pollard (1880-1954) and his wife Mary Faulkner Butler Pollard (1887-1973). He had a brother, Robert Nelson Pollard Jr., and a sister, Mary Butler (Polly) Pollard Buford. Frederick G. Pollard attended Richmond Public School and Episcopal High School before enrolling at the University of Virginia . There he studied law and graduated with a BA in 1940 and an LL.B. in 1942. During World War II , Pollard served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1946 as a naval lieutenant. He then practiced as a lawyer in Richmond.

As a member of the Democrats , incumbent Governor Mills E. Godwin won him a successful election as 29th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from January 15, 1966 to January 17, 1970. For Henrico Counties and Richmond, Pollard also served in the House of Representatives from 1950 and 1966 from Virginia. There he was a member of the House Appropriations Committee and was considered an expert in budget policy. In 1969 he made a fruitless attempt to become governor of Virginia himself , and was defeated by Republican A. Linwood Holton , who became the first Republican governor of Virginia since Gilbert Carlton Walker , who had served between 1869 and 1874.

Pollard was also the principal of the University of Virginia. He was also called Freddy Pollard by his party friends .

During his vacation, which he regularly spent at his summer home on Fishers Island , he suffered a heart attack, of which he died on July 7, 2003 at the age of 85 in New London, Connecticut Hospital. He found his final resting place in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Frederick Gresham Pollard. On: Virginia House of Delegates: dela.state.va.us
  2. ↑ a b c Adam Bernstein : Va. Lawmaker Fred G. Pollard Dies at 85. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.highbeam.com archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Washington Post . July 10, 2003 (via www.highbeam). Accessed November 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ Virginia History Day By Day  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . On: fredericksburg.com. Accessed November 9, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / fredericksburg.com  
  4. ^ University of Virginia Alumni News, 1979, p. 10.
  5. ↑ David John Mays, James Ross Sweeney: Race, Reason, and Massive Resistance: The Diary of David J. Mays, 1954-1959. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Ga, 2008, p. 104.
personal data
SURNAME Pollard, Fred G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pollard, Frederick Gresham; Pollard, Freddy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 2003
Place of death New London , Connecticut