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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaWillis Benjamin GIBBS
(1889-1940)
GIBBS, Willis Benjamin,
(husband of Florence Reville Gibbs), a Representative from Georgia;
born in Dupont, Clinch County, Ga., April 15, 1889; attended the
public schools and Mercer University, Macon, Ga.; was graduated
from the Atlanta (Ga.) Law School in 1911; admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Folkston, Ga., the same year; moved to Jesup,
Ga., in 1912 and continued the practice of law; served as solicitor
of the city court of Jesup 1913-1924, and solicitor general of the
Brunswick judicial circuit 1925-1939; county attorney for Wayne
County, Ga., 1922-1938; lieutenant colonel on staff of Gov.
Clifford Walker in 1924 and 1925; served on the State Board of
Control of Eleemosynary Institutions 1931-1937; elected as a
Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served from January 3,
1939, until his death in Washington, D.C., on August 7, 1940;
interment in Jesup Cemetery, Jesup, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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