Charles Hopper Gibson (January 19, 1842 – March 31, 1900) was a U. S. Senator from

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, serving from 1891–1897. He also served as a

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from 1885–1891.

Biography

Gibson was born near

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, and attended the Centreville Academy and the Archer School in

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. He graduated from

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, engaged in the study law, and was admitted to the bar in 1864, commencing practice in

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. President

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appointed Gibson as collector of

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for the

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district in 1867, but Gibson was not confirmed. He became auditor and commissioner in chancery in 1869 and resigned in 1870 to accept the appointment of State’s attorney for

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, serving from 1871 until 1875. Gibson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses from

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, serving from March 4, 1885, until March 3, 1891, but was not a candidate for reelection in 1890. He married Marieta Powell Hollyday in 1889, and the couple lived at

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in Talbot County. He was appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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, and served in that position from November 19, 1891, until March 3, 1897. As senator, Gibson served as chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (Fifty-third Congress). After his service as U.S. senator, Gibson resumed the practice of law, and later died in

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, in 1900. He is interred in Chesterfield Cemetery in his home town of Centreville.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Charles H. 1842 births 1900 deaths Washington College alumni People from Centreville, Maryland Democratic Party United States senators from Maryland Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland 19th-century American legislators