Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Ernest Willard Gibson (1871-1940) — also known asErnest W. Gibson — of Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Londonderry,WindhamCounty, Vt.,December29, 1871.Lawyer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1906; member ofVermontstate senate, 1908; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Vermont,1912;Progressive candidate forVermontstate attorney general, 1914; served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War I;WindhamCounty State's Attorney, 1919-21;Vermontsecretary of civil and military affairs, 1922-23; appointed 1922;U.S.Representative from Vermont, 1923-33 (2nd District 1923-33,at-large 1933);U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1933-40; died in office 1940.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Moose;Woodmen;Redmen.Died, frompneumoniaand aheartailment, in Doctors'Hospital,Washington,D.C.,June 20,1940 (age68 years, 174days).Interment atMorningsideCemetery, Brattleboro, Vt. | | Ernest William Gibson (1901-1969) — also known asErnest W. Gibson — of Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,March 6,1901.Republican.Schoolteacher;athleticcoach;mathematician;lawyer;WindhamCounty State's Attorney, 1929-32;U.S.Senator from Vermont, 1940-41; colonel in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II;Governor ofVermont, 1947-50;U.S.District Judge for Vermont, 1950-69; died in office 1969.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Elks;Eagles;PhiDelta Phi;ThetaChi.Died in Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,November4, 1969 (age68 years, 243days).Interment atMorningsideCemetery, Brattleboro, Vt. | | Ernest Willard Gibson (1927-2020) — also known asErnest W. Gibson — of Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,September23, 1927.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served inthe U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;WindhamCounty State's Attorney, 1957-61; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1961-63; chair, Vermont PublicService Board, 1963-72; superior court judge in Vermont, 1972-83;justice ofVermont state supreme court, 1983-97.Died in Northfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,May 17,2020 (age92 years, 237days).Interment atMorningsideCemetery, Brattleboro, Vt.
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