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Former publisher of ''The Hope Journal''
Former publisher of ''The Hope Journal''
|spouse=Elizabeth Sutton Bryant
|spouse=Elizabeth Sutton Bryant
|children=Betty Bryant Brockway
|children=Betty Bryant Brockway<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Charles C. and Anna May Nelson Bryant
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}}
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]}}
'''Kelly Bryant''' (August 28, 1908 – October 30, 1975)<ref>"Secretary of State Dies,” Blytheville (Arkansas) Courier,'' October 31, 1975.</ref> served as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] secretary of state of [[Arkansas]] from 1963 until his death in office nearly thirteen years later. He was one of three statewide [[politician]]s from Hope in Hempstead County in southern Arkansas. The others are former [[Governor]] and [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]] and former Governor and unsuccessful 2008 presidential candidate [[Mike Huckabee]].
'''Kelly Bryant''' (August 28, 1908 – October 30, 1975)<ref>"Secretary of State Dies,” Blytheville (Arkansas) Courier,'' October 31, 1975.</ref> served as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] secretary of state of [[Arkansas]] from 1963 until his death in office nearly thirteen years later. He was one of three statewide [[politician]]s from Hope in Hempstead County in southern Arkansas. The others are former [[Governor]] and [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]] and former Governor and unsuccessful 2008 presidential candidate [[Mike Huckabee]].
==Background==
==Background==
A native of Shawnee in Pottawatomie County in central [[Oklahoma]], Bryant was reared in Hope. A graduate in business administration of the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville, Bryant became a [[journalist]]. From 1939 to 1951, he was the editor and publisher of a former daily [[newspaper]], ''The Hope Journal.'' He served as the publisher of ''The Arkansas Almanac.'' He was the field secretary for the Arkansas Sheriffs Association, in which capacity he edited the magazine of that organization. When he ran for office, Bryant therefore had a fervent base of support with sheriffs in all seventy-five Arkansas counties. He was a member of the Arkansas Press Association and was the state printing clerk while also an employee of the state auditor.<ref name=bio/>
A native of Shawnee in Pottawatomie County in central [[Oklahoma]], Bryant was the son of Charles C. Bryant and the former Anna May Nelson. He was reared in Hope. A graduate in business administration of the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville, Bryant became a [[journalist]]. From 1939 to 1951, he was the editor and publisher of a former daily [[newspaper]], ''The Hope Journal.'' He served as the publisher of ''The Arkansas Almanac.'' He was the field secretary for the Arkansas Sheriffs Association, in which capacity he edited the magazine of that organization. When he ran for office, Bryant therefore had a fervent base of support with sheriffs in all seventy-five Arkansas counties. He was a member of the Arkansas Press Association and was the state printing clerk while also an employee of the state auditor.<ref name=bio/>
==Defeating four Republicans==
==Defeating four Republicans==