Gibbs, John L
farmer, lawyer, legislator, lieutenant-governor, was born May 3, 1838, in Bradford county, Pa. He received the rudiments of his education in the common schools of South Hill, Pa., and attended the Le Raysville academy and the Susquehanna Collegiate institute. In 1861 he graduated from the Ann Arbor Law school, and settled in Minnesota the same year. He has taught school in Pennsylvania, Iowa and Minnesota. In 1862 he was elected county attorney of Freeborn county, and served one term. He has served six terms in the legislature of Minnesota, beginning with the session of 1864; was speaker of the house of representatives in 1877 and also in 1885; was appointed railroad commissioner in 1887 and served four years. He was raised on a farm, and since 1864 has had no other occupation. In 1896 he was elected lieutenant-governor of Minnesota.
He is known all over the state as an enthusiastic advocate of co-operative dairying, and he has himself one of the largest dairy interests in the state.