John Garland Pollard
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| Chair of the National Governors Association | |
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In office April 27, 1932 – July 26, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Norman S. Case |
| Succeeded by | James Rolph |
| 51st Governor of Virginia | |
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In office January 15, 1930 – January 17, 1934 |
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| Preceded by | Harry F. Byrd |
| Succeeded by | George C. Peery |
| Mayor of Williamsburg | |
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In office 1928–1929 |
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| Preceded by | John Henderson |
| Succeeded by | George Coleman |
| 21st Attorney General of Virginia | |
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In office February 2, 1914 – January 5, 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Williams |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Hank |
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John Garland Pollard August 4, 1871 King and Queen County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 1937 (aged 65) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Hawthorne Phillips Violet McDougall |
| Education |
University of Richmond George Washington University (LLB) |
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John Garland Pollard (August 4, 1871 – April 28, 1937) was a Virginia lawyer and American Democratic politician, who served as the 21st Attorney General of Virginia (1914-1918) and as the 51st Governor of Virginia (1930 to 1934), as well as on the Federal Trade Commission (1919-1921) and as chairman of the Board of Veterans Appeals (1934-1937).
John Garland Pollard was born on August 4, 1871 in King and Queen County, Virginia. He was the fourth child and second son of Baptist minister John Pollard (1839 - 1911), and his wife the former Virginia Bagby (1839 - 1918). The Pollard family lived in Baltimore, Maryland early in his childhood, before moving to Richmond's Church Hill neighborhood. Pollard later took pride in his Norman–English ancestry, tracing his ancestors to colonial Virginians. Pollard attended Richmond College (now the University of Richmond) but ill health led him to suspend his studies. He later entered Columbian College, now George Washington University where Pollard studied law, as well as worked at the Smithsonian Institution to support himself before receiving his degree in 1893. Pollard also wrote "The Pamunkey Indians of Virginia", an anthropological survey that detailed the vanishing language and traditions of the early Virginia tribe.
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