Thomas Gibson (politician)

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Thomas Gibson (born 1750 in Colony of Virginia , † May 13, 1814 in Ohio ) was an American politician ( Democratic Republican Party ). He was Ohio State Auditor from 1803 to 1808 .

Career

Thomas Gibson was born and raised in the Thirteen Colonies during the reign of George II . Nothing is known about his youth. He fought during the War of Independence . He then moved to the Northwest Territory , where he became an auditor of the territory . Ohio became a state in March 1803. The Ohio General Assembly convened for a session and on March 15, 1803, Gibson was elected Ohio's first Auditor of State. Gibson served a three-year term and was then re-elected by the Legislature on January 20, 1806 . He held the post until his resignation on March 1, 1808. He was also a member of the Freemasons . He was an early member of Nova Caesaree Lodge No. 10 in Cincinnati, Ohio and the first master of Scioto Lodge No. 2 in Chillicothe, Ohio from 1805 to 1807 . On December 11, 1799, he was elevated to Royal Arch Mason in Cincinnati Branch No. 2 . He died on May 3, 1814.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b William R. Denslow: 10,000 Famous Freemasons From A To J Part One , Kessinger Publishing, 2004, p. 110
  2. ^ Ohio General Assembly: Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly of Ohio , Westbote Company, 1917, p. 207
  3. ^ William Alexander Taylor and Aubrey Clarence Taylor: Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress , Press of the Westbote Company, 1899, pp. 36 and 48
  4. ↑ Allen T. Wikoff: Annual Report , 1875, Nevins & Myers, State Printers, p. 15
personal data
SURNAME Gibson, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Virginia
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1814
Place of death Ohio