Sweeten in Comeback For Sheriff at Athens

Athens, Texas
August 28, 1948

Jess Sweeten, veteran Henderson County police officer, defeated Vollie Robertson Saturday night by a vote of 4,196 to 3,193 in the race for sheriff to win again the office he lost two years ago to an ex-serviceman. Dean Hollman, the incumbent, was defeated in the first primary.Sweeten, widely known throughout the nation for his crime busting career, held the office for fourteen years before his defeat in 1946. County Clerk Louis Hounsel was defeated by Mrs. Jim Bennett.

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