Florence R. Gibbs

Florence R. Gibbs

Florence Reville Gibbs (April 4, 1890 - August 19, 1964) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia, wife of Willis Benjamin Gibbs.

Born in Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia, Gibbs attended the public schools.He was graduated from Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgia.

Gibbs was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Willis Benjamin Gibbs, and served from October 1, 1940, to January 3, 1941.He was not a candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.He retired from public life and resided in Jesup, Georgia, until her death there August 19, 1964.He was interred in Jesup Cemetery.

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