About Richard Pollard McClain
Lived 1890 – 1965 (aged 74–75). Richard Pollard McClain was an American politician and physician.
Richard Pollard McClain (1890 - 1965) was a doctor, businessman, and state legislator in Ohio. Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky to Meredith and Ellen McClain, he lived in Cincinnati as a teenager. He studied at Cincinnati High School and Howard University. He married Alice E. Martin in 1918. He worked in Cincinnati.
He served on the city council in 1935 and 1937. He was accused of performing an illegal abortion. He was a Republican.
He was a dentist. He sponsored a bill prohibiting employment discrimination in the public sector.
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American politician
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Richard Pollard McClain was born on 3 January 1890 in Nicholasville.
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Richard Pollard McClain died in 1965.
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Richard Pollard McClain was a politician and physician.
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