Charles Gibbons was a U.S. politician

Politician

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 who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1952 to 1955 as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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. As of 2011 he is the last Republican to serve as Massachusetts Speaker of the House. He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

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 in 1956

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1956

The 1956 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1956. Democrat Foster Furcolo was elected Governor of Massachusetts to replace incumbent Christian Herter, who did not run for re-election. Furcolo defeated Republican Sumner G. Whittier, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A....

, but lost to Robert F. Murphy

Robert F. Murphy

Robert F. Murphy was an American politician who as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1949 Murphy became the first Democrat to serve as the Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives...

. He ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of Massachusetts

Governor of Massachusetts

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 in 1958

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1958

The 1958 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958. Democrat Foster Furcolo was elected Governor of Massachusetts for a second term, defeating Republican Charles Gibbons, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.In the race for...

 as a write-in candidate following the death of state Attorney General George Fingold

George Fingold

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; the only Republican seeking nomination. He won the nomination, but lost the general election to incumbent Foster Furcolo

Foster Furcolo

John Foster Furcolo was a member of the Democratic Party who served as the 60th Governor of Massachusetts, a member of the United States House of Representatives, and in other government offices in Massachusetts. He was the first Italian-American governor of Massachusetts.-Life and career:Furcolo...

56%-43%.

From 1961-62 he was the state's Commissioner of Administration and Finance. In 1964 he was indicted on 23 counts of accepting bribes.