Randall L. Gibson Senator

Randall Lee Gibson (September 10, 1832 – December 15, 1892) was an attorney and politician, elected as a member of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senator from Louisiana. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army. Later he was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, and a president of the board of administrators of Tulane University.

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Birth date	September 10, 1832
Birth place	Versailles Kentucky
Date of death	December 15, 1892
Place of death	Hot Springs Arkansas
Education	Yale University

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military operations	American Civil War
military branch	Confederate States Army
military rank	Brigadier general (United States)
party	Democratic Party (United States)
region	Louisiana Louisiana's 1st congressional district
service start	1861
service end	1865