[1] Born near Dundee, Michigan, Gibson's family moved to Madison County, Montana, in 1894.
To finance his education in the law, Gibson taught in the local school.
Finding little work, he became a newspaper man and editor for the Alder Gulch Times.
[1][2] Gibson became known as a public speaker and was elected to the Montana Legislature, representing Madison County from 1899 to 1900.
[3] In 1947, Governor Sam C. Ford appointed Gibson to a seat as an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court vacated by the resignation of Justice Edwin K.