district succeeded predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name
1st henry page ephraim k. wilson ii george wellington 31 march 1900 centerville , maryland washington , d.c. united states senator democratic march 4 , 1897 march 3 , 1891 george w. covington 19 january 1842 november 19 , 1891 march 4 , 1885 charlesgibson.jpg charles hopper gibson
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charles hopper gibson

charles hopper gibson -lrb- january 19 , 1842march 31 , 1900 -rrb- was a u. s. senator from maryland , serving from 1891 -- 1897 .
he also served as a u.s. congressman from 1885 -- 1891 .
gibson was born near centreville , maryland , and attended the centreville academy and the archer school in harford county .
he graduated from washington college in chestertown , maryland , engaged in the study law , and was admitted to the bar in 1864 , commencing practice in easton , maryland .
president andrew johnson appointed gibson as collector of internal revenue for the maryland eastern shore district in 1867 , but gibson was not confirmed .
he became auditor and commissioner in chancery in 1869 and resigned in 1870 to accept the appointment of state 's attorney for talbot county , maryland , serving from 1871 until 1875 .
gibson was elected as a democrat to the forty-ninth , fiftieth , and fifty-first congresses from maryland 's 1st congressional district , serving from march 4 , 1885 until march 3 , 1891 , but was not a candidate for reelection in 1890 .
he was appointed and subsequently elected as a democrat to the united states senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ephraim king wilson ii , and served in that position from november 19 , 1891 until march 3 , 1897 .
as senator , gibson served as chairman of the committee on manufactures -lrb- fifty-third congress -rrb- .
after his service as u.s. senator , gibson resumed the practice of law , and later died in washington , d.c. in 1900 .
he is interred in chesterfield cemetery in his home town of centreville .
