Name Eustace Gibson Role Politician | Died 1900 | |
Eustace Gibson (October 4, 1842 - December 10, 1900) was a Democratic politician and lawyer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, who served in the Confederate Army and in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868. He moved to the State of West Virginia, where he served as a delegate and Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and then as representative from the now-defunct Fourth Congressional District of West Virginia for the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Early and family life
Eustace Gibson was born in Culpeper County, Virginia on October 4, 1842. He attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He opened his law practice in 1861.
Virginia career
Gibson entered the Confederate States Army in June 1861 as first lieutenant. He was promoted to captain in 1863 and retired as a result of his wounds. He served as a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868.
West Virginia career
Gibson moved to Huntington, West Virginia in 1871. Voters elected him to the West 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 the 48th United States Congress. He was re-elected in 1884 to the 49th 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.
Death and legacy
Gibson died in Clifton Forge, Virginia on December 10, 1900. He was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia.