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Senate Years of Service: 1940-1941 Party: Republican
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University of Vermont Library
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GIBSON, Ernest William, Jr., (son of Ernest Willard Gibson),
a Senator from Vermont; born in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt., March 6,
1901; attended the public schools; graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vt., in 1923;
active in the Reserves throughout his life; member of the faculty of New York Military Academy,
Cornwall, N.Y., 1923-1924; computer in the Coast and Geodetic Survey 1924-1927; attended
George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.; admitted to the bar in 1926 and
commenced practice in Brattleboro, Vt., in 1927; States attorney of Windham County, Vt.,
1929-1933; assistant secretary of the Vermont State senate 1931-1933 and secretary 1933-1940;
appointed on June 24, 1940, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of his father, Ernest W. Gibson, and served from June 24, 1940, to January 3, 1941; was
not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy; during the Second World War served in the South
Pacific and was discharged as a colonel 1941-1945; Governor of Vermont 1946-1950, resigned to
accept a judicial position; appointed a United States district judge for the district of Vermont
1950-1969; died in Brattleboro, Vt., November 4, 1969; interment in Morningside Cemetery.
BibliographyHand, Ernest. Friends, Neighbors and Political
Allies: Reflections on the Gibson-Aiken Connection. Occasional Paper No. 11, Center for
Research on Vermont. Burlington: University of Vermont, 1986.
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