James K. Gibson

James King Gibson (born February 18, 1812 in Abingdon , Washington County , Virginia , †  March 30, 1879 ibid) was an American politician . In 1870 and 1871 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Gibson attended public schools in his home country. In 1833 he moved to Huntsville , Alabama for a year before returning to Abingdon, where he worked in commerce. He was a sheriff in Washington County in 1834 and 1835 . Between 1837 and 1849 Gibson served as the postman in Abingdon. Otherwise he worked in trade, agriculture and as a banker.

After the Civil War and the readmission of Virginia to the Union, Gibson was elected as a candidate for the short-lived Conservative Party in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on January 28, 1870. In 1870 he renounced another candidacy. This meant that he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1871 . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Gibson returned to farming and banking. He died in Abingdon on March 30, 1879.

Web links

• James K. Gibson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James K. Gibson in the database of Find a Grave (English)