James Gibson (New York state senator)

James Gibson (September 5, 1816 – 1897) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor and politician from New York.

Life
He was born on September 5, 1816, in Salem, Washington County, New York, the son of James Brown Gibson (died 1827) and Margaret (Townsend) Gibson (died 1825). He attended Washington Academy in Salem. He studied law with Samuel Stevens, was admitted to the bar in 1836, and practiced in Salem. From 1838 until the end of 1840, he published and edited the Washington County Post. On October 17, 1841, he married Jane Woodworth, and they had three children.

He entered politics as a Republican; and was Judge of the Washington County Court from 1852 to 1855. He was a member of the New York State Senate (12th D.) in 1866 and 1867; and was Chairman of the Committee on Claims. In 1872, he joined the Liberal Republican Party, and later became a Democrat.

He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New York in from 1868 to 1870.

He died in 1897 in Salem, New York.