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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Gibson, Paris
Gibson, Paris, a Senator from Montana; born in Brownfield, Oxford County, Maine, July 1, 1830; attended the common schools and the Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, Maine; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1851; engaged in the real-estate business; member of the State house of representatives in 1852; settled in Minneapolis, Minn., in 1858, and in conjunction with W. W. Eastman built the first flour mill in that city; later built and operated the North Star woolen mill in the same place; moved to Fort Benton, Mont., in 1879 and was financially interested in the first flocks of sheep driven into northern Montana; founded the city of Great Falls in 1882, of which he was the first mayor; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1889; elected to the State senate in 1890; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William A. Clark and served from March 7, 1901, to March 3, 1905; was not a candidate for reelection; engaged in the real-estate business; died in Great Falls, Mont., December 16, 1920; interment in Highland Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Gibson, Paris," 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.1207 Original Sources, accessed April 24, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KTHFSV2BPL8EIPI.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Gibson, Paris." 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.1207, Original Sources. 24 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KTHFSV2BPL8EIPI.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Gibson, Paris' 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.1207. Original Sources, retrieved 24 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KTHFSV2BPL8EIPI.
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