John L. Gibbs

John La Porte Gibbs (May 3, 1838 – November 28, 1908) was a Minnesota legislator and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. He was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Although much is not known about his early education, he attended Ann Arbor Law School, graduating in 1861. In 1862, he was elected County Attorney of Freeborn County, Michigan, which no longer exists as a county.

He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives four different times, serving as speaker in 1877 and 1885.^[1] He served as Lieutenant Governor under Governor David Marston Clough from January 5, 1897 to January 3, 1899. Gibbs married Martha Partridge Robson in 1867 and died in 1908 in Owatonna, Minnesota.

References[edit]

• Minnesota Historical Society
• Minnesota Legislators Past and Present

v t e Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota Holcombe Donnelly Swift Sherwood Armstrong Yale Barto Wakefield Gilman Rice Ives Clough Day Gibbs L. Smith Jones Eberhart E. Smith Gordon Burnquist Sullivan Frankson Collins Nolan Adams Arens Solberg Petersen Richardson (acting) Lindsten Anderson Thye Miller Anderson Nelsen Wright Rolvaag Keith Goetz Perpich Olson Wangberg Johnson Dyrstad Benson Schunk Molnau Solon

v t e Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives Territorial (1849–1858) Furber Ames Ludden Day Taylor Norris Gardner Furber Watrous State (since 1858) Bradley Coggswell Benson Sherwood Benson Armstrong Wakefield Farmer Davidson J. Merriam Hall Kinyon Gibbs Gilman Fletcher Gibbs W. Merriam Graves Champlin Lee Van Sant Jones Dare Dowling Babcock Clague L. Johnson Rockne Dunn Rines Flowers Parker Nolan J. Johnson Swenson Munn G. Johnson Barker Hall Hartle A. Johnson Chilgren Duxbury Dirlam Sabo Searle Norton Sieben Jennings Norton Vanasek Long Anderson Carruthers Sviggum Anderson Kelliher Zellers Thissen