English: Thomas V. Gibbs served in the Florida House of Representatives for Duval County in 1885 and 1887. In 1885 he participated in the Florida Constitutional Convention. Gibbs was a cofounder of the State Normal College for Colored Students. Today, the school, now Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), is one of the nation's most prominent historically black schools.
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