He was one of seven sons and two daughters born to Cordie A. Gasque and Jennie Price Gasque.
He was a retired lawyer, developer, and a former State House Representative and Senator. Although Mr. Gasque did not finish high school, he went to Washington, DC passed an entrance exam and enrolled in the National University Law School as a special student. He graduated June 1941 with LLB degree and received his masters degree a year later.
Mr. Gasque was elected to the State House in 1944 and again in 1946. He ran and won the Senate in 1948. He was elected again to fill an unexpired term in 1966 and was the Marion County Senator for the next 20 years. In April 1968 he qualified for the Guniess Book of World Records for filibster in the state legislature when he spoke 38 hours and 20 minutes championing his cause for lower cost prescription glasses. On March 13, 1988 the Tax and Records Building located behind the Marion County Courthouse was named the J. Ralph Gasque Building. A portrait of him hangs in the courthouse.
He was one of seven sons and two daughters born to Cordie A. Gasque and Jennie Price Gasque.
He was a retired lawyer, developer, and a former State House Representative and Senator. Although Mr. Gasque did not finish high school, he went to Washington, DC passed an entrance exam and enrolled in the National University Law School as a special student. He graduated June 1941 with LLB degree and received his masters degree a year later.
Mr. Gasque was elected to the State House in 1944 and again in 1946. He ran and won the Senate in 1948. He was elected again to fill an unexpired term in 1966 and was the Marion County Senator for the next 20 years. In April 1968 he qualified for the Guniess Book of World Records for filibster in the state legislature when he spoke 38 hours and 20 minutes championing his cause for lower cost prescription glasses. On March 13, 1988 the Tax and Records Building located behind the Marion County Courthouse was named the J. Ralph Gasque Building. A portrait of him hangs in the courthouse.
Family Members
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Vermel Gasque
1906–1907
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Joseph Burnette Gasque
1912–1997
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Henry Carl Gasque
1915–1996
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Henry Carl Gasque
1915–1996
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Essie Bell Gasque
1916–1916
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Judge Samuel Norwood Gasque
1918–2011
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Cecil Aubrey Gasque
1920–2006
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Jennie Beatrice Gasque
1920–1921
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Mildred Gasque Simmons
1923–2004
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Frances Victorine Gasque Buster
1925–1963
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Guy Sampson Gasque
1928–1986
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