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N33-1
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- 1936 (Creation)
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ca. 1936. Jesse Knabb stands reverently, hat over heart, at the site of a large flowerbed, doubling as an enormous grave, in this 1936 photograph. The sign in the back reads "Jess Knabb says Here lies the old G.O.P. elephant, dead for another four years." In 1936, Democrats, led by returning incumbent President F.D. Roosevelt, swept the local elections. On December 21, 1936, Mr. Knabb, a Bremerton tailor, himself prepared to occupy the Mayor's chair, an office he had first run for nine years prior as an advertising stunt. That year, 1927, he received 30 votes. In 1933, he ran again in earnest and received national coverage when he jumped off the Bremerton city dock into the icy waters of the Sinclair Inlet in payment of an election bet between himself and the winner. In 1936, he amazed everyone by winning with a margin of 432 votes. (filed with Argentum) (Bremerton Sun 12/8/1936, pg. 1- info only)
Politics & government--Bremerton--1930-1940; Signs (Notices); Knabb, Jesse; Political elections--Bremerton;