Pollard was a delegate to the 1968 and , while he was no longer chairman , to the 1972 Republican national conventions in Miami Beach , Florida . In 1972 , he was the Nixon finance chairman in Arkansas . In 1976 , Pollard supported President Gerald R. Ford , Jr. , in the Arkansas delegate primary against Ronald W. Reagan . Pollard was the co-chairman of the housing committee for the 1976 Republican National Convention held in Kansas City , Missouri . However , he did not attend the convention but sent his alternate delegate
1976 Republican National Convention
1976 Republican National Convention
Odell Pollard