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| Affiliation | Conservative |
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| Name | James K. Gibson |
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, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 18, 1812
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| Died | March 30, 1879
(67 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | GIBSON, James King, a Representative from Virginia; born in Abingdon, Washington County, Va., February 18, 1812; attended the common schools; moved to Huntsville, Limestone County, Ala., in 1833; returned to Abingdon, Va., the following year and engaged in mercantile pursuits; deputy sheriff of Washington County in 1834 and 1835; appointed postmaster of Abingdon on December 19, 1837, and served until July 26, 1849, when a successor was appointed; upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation was elected as a Conservative to the Forty-first Congress and served from January 28, 1870, to March 3, 1871; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1870; engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; died in Abingdon, Va., March 30, 1879; interment in Sinking Spring Cemetery.
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