Ernest Gibson Sr.

Ernest Gibson

Ernest Willard Gibson (* 29. December 1871 in Londonderry , Windham County , Vermont ; †  20th June 1940 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ), of the state of Vermont in both houses of the US Congress took .

After attending public schools and the Black River Academy in Ludlow , Ernest Gibson continued his education at Norwich University in Northfield , where he graduated in 1894. In the same year he took up a post as director of a high school , which he held until 1898. He then completed in 1899 to study law at the University of Michigan , after which he was admitted to the Bar Association and in Brattleboro started practicing. He later worked as a registration officer and judicial clerk at the Federal District Court . Gibson served in his state's National Guard from 1899 to 1908, attaining the rank of Colonel , with another tenure from 1915 to 1923.

In 1906 Gibson was first politically active when he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives ; two years later he entered the State Senate and served as its pro tempore president. From 1919 to 1921 he was employed as a prosecutor, after which he was a member of the government of Vermont as Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs until 1922 . He was also involved in local politics and was chairman of the Brattleboro city council for eight years . In the meantime, he also served as Vice President of Norwich University.

After the resignation of Congressman Porter H. Dale , who moved to the Senate , Gibson won the by-election for his mandate and moved into the US House of Representatives in Washington on November 6, 1923. He stayed there until October 19, 1933, after being re-elected several times; During this time he was, among other things, chairman of the Committee on Control of Expenditures of the Treasury Department and the Committee on the US Territories. In his final tenure, he was the only MP from Vermont, as the state's second constituency , which he had previously represented, had been removed following census adjustments .

Gibson resigned from office as he was to succeed Porter H. Dale, who died on October 6, 1933, in the Senate. In November he returned to Congress, where he remained after re-election in 1938 until his death on June 20, 1940. His seat then fell to his son Ernest , who later also became governor of Vermont.

Remarks

1. ↑ The congress biography states the year of birth as 1872, but the year 1871 can be seen on the tombstone (see Find-a-Grave-Link).

Web links

• Ernest Gibson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ernest Gibson senior in the database of Find a Grave (English)