Eustace Gibson | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | n/a |
| Succeeded by | Charles E. Hogg |
| Speaker of theWest Virginia House of Delegates | |
| In office 1877 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander W. Monroe |
| Succeeded by | George H. Moffett |
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| Born | (1842-10-04)October 4, 1842 Culpeper County, Virginia, US |
| Died | December 10, 1900(1900-12-10) (aged 58) Clifton Forge, Virginia, US |
| Resting place | Huntington, West Virginia, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Confederate States |
| Branch/service | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1863 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Eustace Gibson (October 4, 1842 – December 10, 1900) was aDemocratic politician and lawyer in the Commonwealth ofVirginia, who served in the Confederate Army and in theVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1868. He moved to the State ofWest Virginia, where he served as a delegate and Speaker of theWest Virginia House of Delegates, and then as representative from the now-defunct Fourth Congressional District of West Virginia for theU.S. House of Representatives.[1][2]
Eustace Gibson was born inCulpeper County, Virginia on October 4, 1842, to lawyerJonathan C. Gibson, Sr. and his second wife Mary Shackleford. He and his brothers received a private education, although their father died in 1849 when Eustace was a boy. He studied law and was admitted to thebar. He opened his law practice in 1861.
Gibson entered theConfederate States Army in June 1861 as first lieutenant of the Sperryville Rifles, serving under his brotherJonathan C. Gibson who would rise to the rank of colonel of the49th Virginia Infantry. Eustace was promoted to captain in 1863 and retired as a result of his severe abdominal wound at theBattle of Gettysburg.[3]After the war, Gibson decided to practice in the mountains of southwest Virginia, rather than the north-central Piedmont region where his father had practiced and later his brother J.C. Gibson was practicing.[4] Voters fromPulaski andGiles Counties elected this Gibson to represent them at theVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1868, and voters from his native Culpeper County elected his brother J.C. Gibson as one of their representatives.[5]
Gibson moved toHuntington, West Virginia in 1871. Voters elected him to theWest Virginia House of Delegates in 1876 and he was re-elected in 1878 after fellow delegates elected him their speaker in 1877.
In 1882, voters elected Gibson as a Democrat to the48th United States Congress. He defeated local Judge Robert S. Brown, who ran in part on a temperance platform.[6] Gibson was re-elected in 1884 to the49th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1887. While a member of the Forty-ninth Congress, he served as a chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice. His candidacies for renomination in 1886 and for nomination in 1888 were unsuccessful. Afterward, he returned to the practice of law.
Gibson died inClifton Forge, Virginia, on December 10, 1900.
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| Preceded by | Speaker of the WV House of Delegates 1877–1879 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by n/a | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromWest Virginia's 4th congressional district 1883–1887 | Succeeded by |
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