John H. Gibbons | |
Office: | Mayor of Lackawanna |
Term Start: | January 1, 1920 |
Term End: | January 1, 1922 |
Predecessor: | John A. Toomey |
Successor: | Michael J. Mescall |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1869 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lackawanna, New York, U.S. |
Known For: | First Socialist mayor of Lackawanna |
Occupation: | Railroad switchman |
Party: | Socialist |
Children: | 3 |
John H. Gibbons (April 15, 1869 - May 16, 1949) was an American railroad switchman and politician who served one term as mayor of Lackawanna, New York.[1] He was Lackawanna's first Socialist mayor, elected in the midst of the 1919 General Steel Strike.[2] [3]