Park Pollard | |
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![]() Pollard in 1942 | |
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Cavendish | |
In office January 4, 1933 – January 8, 1935 | |
Preceded by | Leon A. Gay |
Succeeded by | Richard P. Parker |
In office January 5, 1921 – January 6, 1925 | |
Preceded by | Ira A. Belknap |
Succeeded by | Benjamin J. Hoxie |
In office January 3, 1917 – January 7, 1919 | |
Preceded by | George H. Parker |
Succeeded by | Ira A. Belknap |
Member of the Vermont Public Service Commission | |
In office September 3, 1913 – February 4, 1915 Serving with Robert C. Bacon, William R. Warner | |
Preceded by | George H. Babbitt |
Succeeded by | Walter A. Dutton |
Chairman of the Vermont Democratic Party | |
In office September 29, 1916 – June 12, 1942 | |
Preceded by | James E. Kennedy |
Succeeded by | Charles P. McDevitt |
Personal details | |
Born | Proctorsville, Vermont | June 5, 1869
Died | December 26, 1956 Waterbury, Vermont | (aged 87)
Resting place | Hillcrest Cemetery, Proctorsville, Vermont |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Edith Mary Johnson (m. 1894) Julia Rose (McNulty) Rollinson (m. 1931) |
Relations | Calvin Coolidge (cousin) |
Children | 1 |
Occupation | Merchant Pharmacist |
Park H. Pollard (June 5, 1869 – December 26, 1956) 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. He was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1923, and for Governor of Vermont in 1930 and 1942.