Jay Gibbons (politician)

Jay Gibbons (born March 25, 1833 in Westerlo, Albany County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Life

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

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

See also

• List of New York Legislature members expelled or censured

References

1. 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.
2. 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.

• Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the State Legislature of New York by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 202f)
• In the Matter of the Breach of Privilege of Jay Gibbons from A Compilation of Cases of Breaches of Privilege of the House, in the Assembly of the State of New York (1871; pg. 115–120)

Further reading

• Ward, Robert B. (2006). New York State Government. Rockefeller Institute Press. ISBN 1-930912-15-3.
• Zimmerman, Joseph Francis (2008). The Government and Politics of New York State. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-7435-6.