Biography

08/25/1857 - 12/30/1906

Perry Aurora Gibson (R49) Erie County 1897-1900

Early Life:

Perry Aurora Gibson, born August 25 , 1857, Gibson Hill Farm, Washington Township, Erie County, August 25, 1857; son of Daniel Crispin and Maria Conant Gibson; public school education Washington Township; Edinboro State Normal School; distinguished honors, Iowa State University, 1883; returned, Edinboro; entered the law, office of John Proudfit, Edinboro, later the law office of William Benson, Erie, admitted, practice, United States Courts, 1886, subsequently admitted to practice before the Supreme Courts; corporation lawyer; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1897-1900; married, Almira R. Reeder Gibson, daughter, Opale Reeder Gibson Smith; died, December 30, 1906 (aged 49), Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interment, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 49th district, Erie County, 1897-1900; represented, Pennsylvania State Senate, State Capitol fire investigating committee, chairman, sub – committee, examine all the evidence in detail; wrote and presented the final report of the joint committee; appointed, chairman, committee to reorganize, Pennsylvania State College (now Pennsylvania State University); committee assignments, Education, Game and Fisheries (Chairman) Pensions and Gratuities, Public Printing, Public Roads and Highways, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water.

Cited:   

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "G"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1900). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1187, 1192-1195, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1159.

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