Background
Gibson, Ernest William was born on March 6, 1901 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Ernest Willard and Grace Fullerton (Hadley) Gibson.
Gibson, Ernest William was born on March 6, 1901 in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Ernest Willard and Grace Fullerton (Hadley) Gibson.
Norwich University, Bachelor of Arts, 1923. George Washington University Law School, 3 yr6. Brattleboro High School.
August 1958); children—Ernest Willard III, Grace, Robert Hadley, David Alan. Married second, Ann H. Haag, January 21, 1961. Teacher and track coach New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, 1923-1924.
Mathematician Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1924-1927. Admitted to Vermont bar, 1926, practiced law, Brattleboro, Vermont, from 1927. Senior partner Gibson, Gibson & Crispe.
Elected States’ Attorney of Windham Company, Vermont, 1928, 30. Assistant secretary Vermont State Senate, 1931-1933. Secretary, 1933-1940.
Resigned to serve appointment in the United States Senate on death of father. Member Railroad Tax communications of Vermont, 1939-1940. Governor of Vermont 1947-1950, resigned to accept appointment as Federal District Judge for District of Vermont, 1950.
Elected national chairman of Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, January 9, 1941, succeeding William Allen White. Entered Army as captain, May 19, 1941, served overseas with combat division, September 1942 to January 1944. Colonel, G.S.C., duty War Department.
Discharge December 25, 1945.
Member Railroad Tax communications of Vermont, 1939-1940. Member Vermont Bar Association Delta Phi, Theta Chi. Mason, Odd.
Married Dorothy P. Switzer, October 9, 1926 (deceased.; married second, Ann H. Haag, January 21, 1961. Children: Ernest Willard III, Grace, Robert Hadley, David Alan.