Charles Reese Gibson

Full Name: Charles Reese Gibson
Date of birth: June 21, 1842
Date of death: October 22, 1925

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	37	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis	Speaker	Ellis
H	45	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis		Ellis
H	45	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis		Ellis

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 37
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾
Speaker
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

House District 45
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

House District 45
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

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Resolutions and Journal entries

39th Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/21/1926, p. 362. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch. American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910, 1989.
GIBSON, CHARLES REESE (1842-1925). Handbook of Texas Online.
27th Speaker of the House of Representatives: Charles Reese Gibson. Photo and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, p. 264. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, p. 248. "He [Gibson] has always been a democrat." Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Sergeant Major, Company F, 16th Alabama Infantry. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

C.R. Gibson, birth date 6/21/1842, death date 10/22/1925, portrait, burial in Waxahachie City Cemetery, Ellis County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. C.R. Gibson, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. C.R. Gibson, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. Charles Reese Gibson, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts County and County Boundaries Enrolled Bills (Chair) Public Printing Quarters for State Departments, Select State Printing Office at the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
16th R.S. - 1879 Code of Criminal Procedure, Select Counties and County Boundaries Enrolled Bills Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 2 Printing (Chair) State Asylums

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