Jay Gibbons (politician)

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Jay Gibbons (March 25, 1833, in Westerlo, New York – 1897, in Greene County, New York)[1] was an American politician from New York.

Life[edit]

He was the son of Alfred Gibbons and Dorcas (Sweet) Gibbons. On June 10, 1856, he married Emily Lockwood.[1]

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co., 1st D.) in 1861.[2] Gibbons was arrested on February 17, 1861 on charges of bribery.[3] He was expelled from the Assembly On April 3, 1861, for attempting to acquire bribes in order to vote for certain legislation.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ward, Robert B. (2006). New York State Government. Rockefeller Institute Press. ISBN 1-930912-15-3.
  2. ^ a b Peters, Jeremy W. (January 13, 2010). "Monserrate Will Face Sanction Votes". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. p. A23. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  3. ^ Schneiderman, Eric T.; James S. Alesi; John J. Flanagan; Ruth Hassell-Thompson; Andrew J. Lanza; Diane J. Savino; Toby Ann Stavisky; Andrea Stewart-Cousins; Catharine Young (2010). Report of the New York State Senate Select Committee to Investigate the Facts and Circumstances Surrounding the Conviction of Hiram Monserrate on October 15, 2009. New York State Senate. p. 46.
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Albany County, 1st District

1861
Succeeded by
vacant

Further reading[edit]

  • Zimmerman, Joseph Francis (2008). The Government and Politics of New York State. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7435-8.