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~POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ADS~ 1940's thru 1960's Kentucky Democratic Party |
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~POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ADS~ 1940's thru 1960's Kentucky Democratic Party |
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son of Henry Wallace &Emily Jane(Powell) Sasser grandson of Crawood &Rhoda(Gilbert) Sasser g-grandson of John Henry &Nancy(Kirby) Sasser b: 14 Nov 1896 Big Richland Creek, Knox Co, KY d: 10 Sep 1976 Corbin, Whitley Co, KY buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Corbin, Whitley Co, KY |
by his son Glenn G. Sasser |
being a staunch Democrat in a Republican county, he was the democrat patronage chairman in the Corbin end of Knox County, KY, for several years and was campaign chairman for several successful democratic governors. He was elected City Commissioner for the City of Corbin, KY, in the early 1950s. He was a new car dealer in Corbin from the late 1930s until he retired in 1962. He sold Buick, Pontiac and Studebaker. |
  "Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" July 1, 1949 (page 1) J. Bryan Sasser Is Candidate For Representative ~~~~~ Democratic Candidate for Nomination as Representative for the 87th District, composed of Knox County, Kentucky, to the General Assembly of this State.
A former teacher in public schools,
By being a farmer, a teacher, and a number of years a busness man,
Statement on a few original ideas about what I think
Your support and influence will be very much appreciated.  |
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"Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" October 28, 1949 (page 1) Let's Be Progressive With J. Bryan Sasser FOR REPRESENTATIVE ~~~~~ I am asking you to elect me your Representative for the next two years. At the present time this is an important office.
The Legislative Research Commission has a very progressive program for the 1950 Session of the General Assembly. I have studied this program and understand it very clearly and if it be put in force, our State and County will go forward in the future years by leaps and bounds. In that program is The Good School Amendment, and The Salary Limit Amendment. The Good School Amendment gives the poorer Counties a better chance to give each child an education equal to Cities and other Counties. The Salary Limit Amendment is an aid - To Health, - To Rural Roads, Highways, and Feeder Roads, and - To Education, - To our State. Aid to health, by keeping a Staff of Doctors in the TB Hospital and giving each man, woman, and child an advantage of being cured of the dreadful disease TB. Aid to Education, by putting us on equal basis with other States bordering us. With our Personnel in the Universities and Colleges all over our state. Rural and main highways have to contract all or nearly all our surveys, and it costs a lot more than hiring our own engineers. It cost the state last year over a Million Dollars for surveys on State Roads on outside contracts. I am not for a General Sales Tax, but for a form of taxation more on luxuries. There are 330,000 veterans in our state and if we were to pay them a bonus of $500,00 each, which we should do, this would be an aggregrate of 160,000,000 Dollars. I have a plan in mind to meet this bonus over a period of time and the form of taxation will not be noticed by any individual. The Department of Highways has fulfilled every promise they committed themselves to in Knox County. Namely--- Dewitt-Saltgum Road, already under construction, $172,000.00. Swan Lake-Indian Creek Road will start first of next week, probably will move machinery today, $61,900. The B. R. Campbell Construction Co. has the contract 5.6 miles and will start on the Swan Lake end first. All the roads listed for gravel are being graded and rock spread. Now the gravel is being unloaded at Grays - for all east of Gilliam mountain - by Kenton Evans, Contractor, and other gravel is being unloaded at Barbourville by W. B. Frazier Constructon Co. It will all be finshed before November 8th. I will play on the Big Team at Frankfort and will have a better chance to do something for you. Don't forget to go to the Polls and vote on Tuesday, November 8th. - - -J. BRYAN SASSER |
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"Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" November 18, 1949 (page 11) Thanks to Voters By J. Bryan Sasser ~~~~~ It would have been nice to have represented the 3,000 people in Knox County at the coming session of the General Assembly, but the people chose to send Chester [Hammons] and I hope he will do a good job. I had my plans made for going to the Legislature and also my plan for action for you people after I got there. I meant to get a mule and a one-horse wagon, park under the bridge in Barbourville at the river for about two weeks to get tempered to the trip, then I meant to pick up my friend John Stewart, dress him up in a scissor-tail coat, place him in a spring seat on the back end of the wagon, so that his scissor-tail coat would hang over the wagon from the rear. In case the mule could not make the trip I felt sure we could certainly make it by taking John along, and using him in place of the mule to take the wagon and me on to Frankfort. In order to pay him a just compensation I had it planned to make him the door-keeper of the House. If I had told him before the day of the election about this trip he probably would have gone to bat for me and by doing so, I would probably have increased my vote to a larger majority. But I didn't get to go, and I'm not sure if John will go or not. My friend, "JOSHUA", not the one that commanded the sun to stand until he fought the battle, but another one whom you all know, they say he called the boys in on Monday night before the election on Tuesday --- Charles, Chester, Montgomery, Jim, Jim, Clyde, and a few others. They say he and they discussed a trade. (I guess that's where I lost my mule). Consequently, they say I lost Flat Lick, Girdler, Swan Pond, Boone Heights, Heidrick, and Reese. If you had seen the ballots from some of these precincts you would have thought that Alford and I were running together. They say Chester traded Moore's Creek and Flat Lick for Girdler and Boone Heights. Charles traded Girdler for Swan Pond and Rosenwald, and then they say they instructed all this combination to work for a vote for each man represented there. You voters were like me, did not know anything about what was done until it was too late. But that must be the game, and I am sure I did not know how to play it, and I don't want to ever learn. I have observed all around over this county and if I'm any judge I am sure the County need not be called a pauper County, with the great Cumberland River meandering through near the middle of the County, the great Stinking Creek Valley with coal sticking out the sides of the hills, the great Brush Creek with coal flowing out at the mouth, with Big Richland and Knox's Fork with a feeder highway running through its center, with Wilton, Reese, Swan Pond, and Indian Creek nestling a net of highways after the Swan Lake-Indian Creek Road is finished, with Poplar Creek, King Town, Flat Creek showing a glow of highways being finished, there is no reason for us in Knox County in the future to be called a pauper County, if we will tinge a little energy and show a little willingness for a prosperous County. The problem we have, and the only one at the base of development is rural roads in reach of every individual in the county. Rural roads are the bloodstreams to a prosperous county, a prosperous town, and a prosperous people. I am a native of Knox County and I like Knox County. My ancestors settled in Knox County on the head of Big Richland one hundred and fifty years ago. They were one of the first settlers in this county. Their names were Gilberts, Sassers, and Humfleets. Nearly one-eighth of the population of this county are my folks, even though a lot of them have different names. I will always stand up for the right thing for the people of Knox County. I want to say now that I thank you for your support and influence in the past November election, and also that I hold no ill feelings toward anyone. You have a right to your own choice, even though you might have been misled. Advertisement --- J. BRYAN SASSER |
"Barbourville [KY] Mountain Advocate" November 7, 1963 (page 1) |
State Senator Durham Howard, Pineville, successfully fended off J. Bryan Sasser, Corbin, Democratic contender, in the 17th State Senatorial District composed of Knox, Bell and Whitley counties. Howard's district vote was 11,616 to Sasser's 8,147--a margin of 3,469. Howard carried Knox County with 3,042 to Sasser's 2,075--a margin of 967 votes. |
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