https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/602
CoSC left me this terrific trivia info in the comment section!
State senators would also get low numbers, the state’s senior U.S. Senator, the junior U.S. Senator, and the Congressman is issued a plate also in the single digits.
anything coveted and derived from official governmental action was leveraged into a reward for political support. So in the early part of the 20th century, that low-number license plates became a way for politicians to say “thank you” by conveying favored status to the holders of such single digit plates Law enforcement was aware a motorist displaying a low-numbered plate was due preferential treatment.
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