Gilbert C. Smith
Mississippi state legislator
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| Intro | Mississippi state legislator | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Lawyer Politician Legislator Farmer | |
| Work field | Law Politics | |
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| Birth | 1843, South Carolina, USA | |
| Residence | Tunica County, Mississippi, USA |
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Gilbert C. Smith was a state legislator in Mississippi.
Smith was born in South Carolina. He represented Tunica County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875 and 1884 to 1885.
In 1896 the Meridian newspaper in a write up about the Reconstruction era stated he argued for state legislators to be made lawyers and attributed a quote to him.