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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn Strickland GIBSON
(1893-1960)
GIBSON, John Strickland, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Folkston, Charlton County,
Ga., January 3, 1893; attended the common schools; studied law by
correspondence from La Salle Extension University, Chicago, Ill.;
was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Douglas,
Ga., in 1923; solicitor of the city court of Douglas, Ga.,
1928-1934; solicitor general Waycross judicial circuit, 1934-1940;
elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, and
Seventy-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1947);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946; resumed the
practice of law; died in Douglas, Ga., October 19, 1960; interment
in City Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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