Gibson, Henry R
lawyer, jurist, journalist, congressman, author, was born Dec. 24, 1837, in Kent Island, Md. In 1865 he was admitted to the bar; in 1870 was a member of the Tennessee constitutional convention; a member of the state senate in 1871-72; and a member of the house of representatives in 1875. During 1886-94 he was judge of the chancery court of Tennessee; and in 1890 was elected professor of medical jurisprudence in the Tennessee Medical college. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican. He is the editor of the Republican and Chronicle of Knoxville, Tenn.; and the author of Suits in Chancery.