Eustace Gibson

Eustace Gibson was a Democratic politician from the State of West Virginia. He was Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates and later served as the representative from the now-defunct Fourth Congressional District of West Virginia for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Congressman Gibson was born in Culpeper County, Virginia on October 4, 1842. He attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He opened his law practice in 1861. He entered the Confederate States Army in June 1861 as first lieutenant. He was promoted to captain in 1863 and retired as a result of his wounds.

He served as a member of the constitutional convention of Virginia in 1867 and 1868. He settled in Huntington, West Virginia in 1871. In 1877 and 1878, he was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and served as speaker in 1877. In 1882, he was elected as a Democrat to the 48th United States Congress. He was re-elected in 1884 to the 49th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1887. While a member of the Forty-ninth Congress, he served as a chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice. His candidacies for renomination in 1886 and for nomination in 1888 were unsuccessful. Afterward, he returned to the practice of law. He died in Clifton Forge, Virginia on December 10, 1900. He was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia.

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia

Sources

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

• United States Congress. "Eustace Gibson (id: G000160)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
1st district	Blair C. Hubbard Duval J. J. Davis B. Wilson Goff Pendleton Atkinson Pendleton Dovener W. Hubbard J. W. Davis Neely Rosenbloom Bachmann Ramsay Schiffler Ramsay Schiffler Neely Love Ramsay R. Mollohan Moore R. Mollohan A. Mollohan McKinley
2nd district	Brown, Sr. Latham Kitchen McGrew Hagans Faulkner Martin Hoge W. Wilson Dayton T. Davis Sturgiss Brown Jr. Bowers Allen Bowman Randolph M. Snyder Staggers, Sr. Benedict Staggers Jr. Wise Capito Mooney
3rd district	Whaley Polsley Witcher Hereford Kenna C. Snyder Alderson Huling Dorr Johnston Gaines Littlepage Avis Littlepage Reed Wolverton O'Brien Wolverton Hornor Edmiston Rohrbough Bailey Rohrbough Bailey Slack Hutchinson Staton Wise Rahall Jenkins
4th district	Gibson C. Hogg Jackson C. Smith Capehart Miller Freer Hughes Woodyard Hamilton Moss Woodyard Johnson Woodyard Hughes R. Hogg Johnson Ellis Burnside Neal Burnside Neal Hechler Rahall
5th district	Hughes Cooper Goodykoontz Lilly Strother Shott John Kee E. Kee James Kee
6th district	Littlepage Echols Taylor England J. Smith Hedrick Byrd Slack
At-large	Sutherland

Speakers of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Patrick Kramer Pinnell McWhorter Fleming Welch Cracraft Summers Miller Monroe Gibson Moffett E. W. Wilson Woods Dennis Rowan Bennett Shaw Edwards Hanen McKinney W. G. Wilson Moats Grosscup Seaman Strickling Wetzel George Johnson Thurmond Wolfe Keatley Byrne Cummins Taylor Hiner Pelter Thomas Arnold Amos Flannery Pauley Singleton White Boiarsky McManus Kopp See Albright Chambers Kiss Thompson Miley Armstead