Jonathan C. Gibson
| Jonathan Catlett Gibson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1833 Culpeper County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Title | Colonel CSA, Delegate |
Jonathan Catlett Gibson (1833 – after 1893) was a nineteenth-century American politician and soldier from Virginia.
Early life
Gibson was born in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1833. He graduated from the University of Virginia, 1850-51.[1]
Career
Gibson settled in his home county of Culpeper and practiced law there.[2]
During the American Civil War, Gibson began as a major of the Confederate 49th Virginia Infantry, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel and to colonel during the war.[3]
Following the war, he returned to farming pursuits in his native county.[4]
In 1867, Gibson was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868. A Conservative, he was one of two delegates elected from the northern Piedmont constitutional convention district made up of his home district of Fauquier County.[5]
Gibson served in the House of Delegates from Culpeper County for the 1879/80 sessions, and then again in 1883/84 when the Conservatives swept both the House of Delegates and state Senate with overwhelming majorities.[6]
Returning to the House of Delegate in 1889/90, Gibson was re-elected to the sessions of 1891/92 and 1893/94 during the Populist and Jim Crow era.[7]
Death
Jonathan C. Gibson died after 1893.[8]
References
Bibliography
- Pulliam, David Loyd (1901). The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time. John T. West, Richmond. ISBN 978-1-2879-2059-5.
- Swem, Earl Greg (1918). A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776-1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions. David Bottom, Superintendent of Public Printing. ISBN 978-1-3714-6242-0.