Fred G. Pollard

Frederick Gresham "Fred" Pollard ( born May 7, 1918 in Richmond, Virginia; † July 7, 2003 in New London, Connecticut ) was an American politician and lawyer, 1966-1970 Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and from 1950 to 1965 deputy in the Virginia House of Delegates was.

Life

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

As a member of the Democrats brought him the incumbent Governor Mills E. Godwin to a successful election to the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 15 January 1966 to 17 January 1970. Henrico County and for the Richmond Pollard sat between 1950 and 1966 in the House of Representatives of Virginia. There he was a member of the House Appropriations Committee and was regarded as an expert on fiscal policy. In 1969 he made ​​a vain attempt itself to be governor of Virginia, and was defeated by Republican A. Linwood Holton, the making it the first Republican governor of Virginia since Gilbert Carlton Walker was, who had held office 1869-1874.

In addition, Pollard was rector of the University of Virginia. Of his party friends, he was also called Freddy Pollard.

During his leave, he regularly spent at his summer house on Fishers Iceland, he suffered a heart attack, the consequences of which he on 7 July 2003 at the age of 85 years at the hospital in New London, Connecticut died. His final resting place he found on the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.