While he had studied law, Gibbs earned his living as a farmer and owned property outside Geneva, Minnesota. He occasionally lectured on agricultural topics and was particularly well known as a dairy farmer, even winning election as president of the Minnesota Dairymen's Association in 1893.[1][3]
john, gibbs, john, porte, gibbs, 1838, november, 1908, minnesota, legislator, time, speaker, minnesota, house, representatives, 14th, lieutenant, governor, minnesota, 14th, lieutenant, governor, minnesotain, office, january, 1897, january, 1899governordavid, m. John La Porte Gibbs May 3 1838 November 28 1908 was a Minnesota legislator two time Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota John L Gibbs14th Lieutenant Governor of MinnesotaIn office January 5 1897 January 3 1899GovernorDavid Marston CloughPreceded byFrank A DaySucceeded byLyndon A Smith14th Speaker of the Minnesota House of RepresentativesIn office 1877 1877Preceded byWilliam R KinyonSucceeded byCharles A Gilman17th Speaker of the Minnesota House of RepresentativesIn office 1885 1885Preceded byLoren FletcherSucceeded byWilliam Rush MerriamMember of the Minnesota House of RepresentativesIn office 1864 18661876 18781885 18871895 1897Personal detailsBorn 1838 05 03 May 3 1838Bradford County Pennsylvania U S DiedNovember 28 1928 1928 11 28 aged 90 Owatonna Minnesota U S Political partyRepublicanSpouseMartha Partridge RobsonProfessionfarmer lawyer county attorney legislator railroad commissionerLife and career editGibbs was born in Bradford County Pennsylvania in 1838 to Eli and Caroline Gibbs nee Atwood both of whom were descendants of early settlers of Massachusetts and Connecticut respectively He was raised on his parents farm and attended schools in Le Raysville Pennsylvania and at the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute in Towanda Pennsylvania before attending the University of Michigan Law School graduating in 1861 1 Gibbs moved west traveling through Illinois and Iowa before settling in Albert Lea Minnesota and working as a teacher In 1862 he was elected attorney for Freeborn County Minnesota In 1863 he was elected to his first of five terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives as a Republican serving from 1864 to 1866 1876 1878 1885 1887 and 1895 1897 He also twice served as speaker in 1877 and 1885 After his time in the state legislature Gibbs also served as Lieutenant Governor under Governor David Marston Clough from January 5 1897 to January 3 1899 1 2 While he had studied law Gibbs earned his living as a farmer and owned property outside Geneva Minnesota He occasionally lectured on agricultural topics and was particularly well known as a dairy farmer even winning election as president of the Minnesota Dairymen s Association in 1893 1 3 Gibbs died on November 28 1908 in Owatonna Minnesota 2 References edit a b c Shutter Marion Daniel 1897 Progressive Men of Minnesota Minneapolis Minneapolis Journal pp 340 341 hdl 2027 uc2 ark 13960 t6154vq0r a b Gibbs John La Porte Legislator Record Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the Minnesota State Dairyman s Association Journal Publishing Company 1909 p 145 Political officesPreceded byFrank A Day Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota1897 1899 Succeeded byLyndon A SmithPreceded byWilliam R Kinyon Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives1877 Succeeded byCharles A GilmanPreceded byLoren Fletcher Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives1885 Succeeded byWilliam Rush Merriam Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John L Gibbs amp oldid 1191019435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
