Henry R. Gibson

Henry Richard Gibson was an American attorney and politician who represented Tennessees 2nd district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1905. He also served as a state chancery court judge, and was a delegate to Tennessees 1870 constitutional convention. Outside politics he wrote and edited several books on federal and state law.

Gibson was born on Kent Island, Maryland, in Queen Annes County, son of Woolman and Catherine Gibson. He attended the common schools at Kent Island and at Bladensburg, Maryland. He graduated from Deckers Academy at Bladensburg in 1858 and from Hobart College at Geneva, New York, in 1862.

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