He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Folkston, Georgia, the same year.
He moved to Jesup, Georgia, in 1912 and continued the practice of law.
He served on the State Board of Control of Eleemosynary Institutions in 1931–1937.
Gibbs was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1939, until his death in Washington, D.C., on August 7, 1940.
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