Richard Pollard McClain (1890 - 1965) was a doctor, businessman, and state legislator in Ohio. He was born in

Nicholasville, Kentucky Nicholasville is a home rule city in and the county seat of Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 31,490 during the 2020 U.S. Census, making Nicholasville the 10th-largest settlement in the state. Since the late 20th ce ...

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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