1. Park H Pollard was an American politician and businessman who served from 1912 to 1942 as chairman of the Democratic Party of Vermont, as well as several terms in the Vermont House of Representatives where he represented the town of Cavendish.
17 Facts About Park Pollard
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Park Pollard was the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in 1923, and for Governor of Vermont in 1930 and 1942.
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Park Hiram Pollard was born in Cavendish, Vermont on June 5,1869.
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Park Pollard attended the schools of Proctorsville, Vermont, Vermont Academy and Black River Academy.
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Active in politics as a Democrat, Park Pollard served in local offices, including town lister, town selectman, and trustee of the village of Proctorsville.
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Park Pollard became chairman of the Vermont Democratic Party in 1916.
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Park Pollard was first elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1916, representing the town of Cavendish.
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Park Pollard was not re-elected in 1918, but was elected again in 1920.
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Park Pollard's legislative focus was on what he deemed unnecessary spending, and earned a reputation as a fiscal conservative.
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Park Pollard was nominated by both the Democratic and Republican parties for re-election as state representative that year, but declined the nominations for unspecified personal reasons.
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Park Pollard was the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1930, running as a wet.
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Park Pollard lost heavily to Lieutenant Governor Stanley C Wilson.
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Park Pollard died in a Waterbury nursing home on December 26,1955.
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Park Pollard received Masonic funeral honors, and was buried at Hillcrest Cemetery in Proctorsville.
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Park Pollard was a first cousin of Calvin Coolidge; Pollard's mother was the sister of Coolidge's mother Victoria Josephine Moor.
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Park Pollard married Edith Mary Johnson in 1894; they were the parents of a daughter, Minnie.
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Edith Park Pollard died in 1923, and in 1931 Park Pollard married Julia Rose Rollinson.