Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs
American politician
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| Intro | American politician | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1855 | |
| Death | 1 January 1898 (aged 43 years) |
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Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs (1855–1898) was a politician and a member of the 1886 Florida Constitutional Convention. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives.
Gibbs was a cofounder of Florida A&M College, and served as its Vice President until his death in 1898. The only son of Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, Thomas married Alice Menard, the daughter of politician John Willis Menard, in 1868 the first black person elected to Congress.