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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Gibson, Charles Hopper
Gibson, Charles Hopper (cousin of Henry Richard Gibson), a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born near Centerville, Queen Annes County, Md., January 19, 1842; attended Centerville Academy and the Archer School in Harford County; was graduated from Washington College, Chestertown, Md.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Easton, Md.; appointed by President Johnson in 1867 collector of internal revenue for the Eastern Shore district, but his nomination was rejected by a majority of one vote; appointed in 1869 auditor and commissioner in chancery, which offices he resigned in 1870 to accept the appointment of State’s attorney for Talbot County; elected to that office in 1871 and 1875; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first: Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1891); was not a candidate for reelection in 1890; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ephraim K. Wilson and served from November 19, 1891, to March 3, 1897; resumed the practice of law; died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1900; interment in Chesterfield Cemetery, Centerville, Md.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Gibson, Charles Hopper," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1206 Original Sources, accessed October 13, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDQWTWQV45EWJ4F.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Gibson, Charles Hopper." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1206, Original Sources. 13 Oct. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDQWTWQV45EWJ4F.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Gibson, Charles Hopper' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1206. Original Sources, retrieved 13 October 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDQWTWQV45EWJ4F.
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