Barnett Gibbs
Full Name: Barnett Gibbs
Birth date: May 19, 1851
Death date: October 4, 1904
Birth date: May 19, 1851
Death date: October 4, 1904
Terms of Service
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Senate,
18th
(1)
(2)
Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
(2) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 2 years. Senate Journal . January 9, 1883
January 10, 1883
Biographical Notes and Resources
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 32nd Legislature, Resolution appointing a special committee to hang a portrait of the former Lieutenant Governor in the Senate chamber. Senate Journal .
Photographs
- Photograph. Barnett Gibbs, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006
- Photograph. Lt. Governor Barnett Gibbs, 19th Legislature composite photo of the Texas House of Representatives, State Preservation Board
- Photograph. B. Gibbs, State Preservation Board
Other Resources
- Barnett Gibbs, death date 10/4/1904, burial in Oakland Cemetery, Dallas. Find a Grave .
- GIBBS, BARNETT (1851-1904). Birth date 5/19/1851, death date 10/4/1904. Handbook of Texas Online .
- Biographical sketch, Lieutenant Governor Barnett Gibbs, pp. 74-75. Born 5/19/1841 in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Barnett Gibbs, pp. 57-59. "Colonel Gibbs is the youngest Lieutenant-Governor Texas ever had, the youngest acting Governor, the youngest senator, and represented the largest senatorial district in the State." Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature 1892.
- 15th Lieutenant Governor: Barnett Gibbs. Photo and biographical sketch. Birth date 5/19/1851, death date 10/5/1904. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
- Biographical sketch, pp. 241-242. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
Committee Information
- 18th R.S. - 1883
- Constitutional Amendments (Chair)
- Deaf and Dumb Asylum (Chair)