Evening star., 1937-04-28
JOHN c. POLLARD,
EX-GOVERNOR, DIES
Former Virginia Executive
Was Head of Veterans
Appeals Board.

John Garland Pollard, IS, chairman
OF the Board of Veterans Appeals and
former Governor Of Virginia, died OF
bronchial pneumonia early today at his
home, 1926 Sixteenth street.
At his bedside when death came
were his wife and three children He
was first stricken with q bronchial
affiction last September, but appar-
emily recovered after trip to the
South. About three weeks ago, how
ever, he suffered a relapse and his con-
dition became critical.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow in the Grove Avenue
Baptist Church. in Richmond, with
Rev. w. c. James officiating Mr..
Pollard will be buried in Hollywood
Cemetery in the Virginia city. PAIL
bearers had not yet been named today.
Mr.. Pollard had a notable career as
a lawyer, benefactor of underprivileged
children, newspaper publisher, war
worker, college professor, Governor of
his State and Federal official after
overcoming IA years OF semi-invalidism
in his youth.
AS the depression Governor" of
Virginia from 1890 to 1884, he main
tanned balanced budget by holding
expenditures to meet revnue when the
States income was curtailed
He was the father" of the Virginia
Art Commission and he took great
pride in the founding OF the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, for which he
had long worked with John Barton
Payne.
Came Here in 1894.
In 1884 Mr.. Pollard moved his home
to Washington, where he had studied
law in his youth, following his ap-
pointment to the Board of Veterans
Appeals by President Roosevelt.
Throughout his life Mr.. Pollard de-
voted much time and effort to aid
homeless and otherwise underpriv-
ileged children and for many years
was president of the Virginia Chill
drens Home Society.
Born in King and Queen County,
Va, on August 4, 1871, the son of the
Rev. and Mrs. John P. Pollard, the
former Governor graduated from
Richmond College in 1891 and came to
Washington to study law at Columbian
College now George Washington Uni
versity
From 1902 to 1907 he served as q
member of the Virginia Constitutional
Convention and as chairman of the
Virginia Commission on Uniform
State Laws. He was elected as presi-
dental elector in 1904 and served as
attorney general of the State and a
member Of the State Board Of Educa-
ton from 1913 to 1917.
AS Attorney General, Mr. Pollard at
tracted widespread attention through
his vigorous campaigns to clean up
race track gambling. He ran for gov
ernor at the completion Of his term
but trailed Westmoreland Davis and
Lieut.. Gov. J. Taylor Ellyson in the
three-cornered contest for the Demo-
cratic nomination.
Was Richmond Publisher.
Financial difficulties OF the Rich
mond State, since abandoned, brought
him into the publishing business. He
later said he acquired the paper almost
for the price Of the pay roll. Later,
he sold it to the late Joseph Bryan,
publisher OF the Richmond Times and
the Richmond Leader
At the outbreak of the World War
Mr.. Pollard engaged in educational
work for the Federal Government
among the soldiers overseas. He re-
turned to Virginia to recruit 100 men
and so girls for Y M. c. A. work in
France. Later, he went back to
Europe to lead the "Y' court martial
and investigate charges against the
organization. He continued his work
with the "Y" until 1919, when he was
named to the Claims Division of the
War Department.
In 1920 and 1921 Mr.. Pollard served
as member of the Federal Trade
Commission. He resigned that post
in 1922 to become dean Of the Mar
shall-Wythe School Of Government
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William and Mary, a position he held
until he became candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
In 1929. He also served the college as
professor Of government and consti-
tutional law
First Wife Died in 1882.
Mr.. Pollard's first wife, the former
Grace Phillips, died May I, 1882, and
in July, 1888, he married his secretary,
the former Violet Elizabeth McDougal.
His daughter and two sons were mar
ried while he served as Governor.
They are Mrs Herbert Lee Boatwright
and John Garland Pollard, jr., of
Washington, and Charles p Pollard Of
New York City.
Mr.. Pollard was widely known in