Philip H. Gilbert

Philip Henri Gilbert
District Attorney of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District
In office
1908–1916
District Judge of the 27th Judicial District
In office
1916–1920
District Judge of the 23rd Judicial District
In office
1928–1932
Louisiana State Senator for Assumption, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes
In office
1924–1930
Preceded byRobert B. Butler
Clay J. Dugas
Succeeded byHarvey Peltier, Sr.
32nd interim Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
In office
1926–1928
GovernorOramel H. Simpson
Preceded byOramel H. Simpson
Succeeded byPaul N. Cyr
Personal details
Born(1870-10-25)October 25, 1870
Napoleonville, Louisiana, US
DiedOctober 18, 1932 (aged 61)
Napoleonville, Louisiana
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseElla Marie Savoie Gilbert (married 1894-1932, his death)
RelationsRisley C. "Pappy" Triche, Jr. (grandson)
Judge Jane M. Triche-Milazzo (great-granddaughter)
Children8
Residence(s)Napoleonville, Louisiana

Philip Henri Gilbert (October 25, 1870 – October 18, 1932) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from Napoleonville in Assumption Parish in South Louisiana.

Gilbert was the district attorney of the Louisiana 27th Judicial District from 1908 to 1916 and judge of the same district from 1916 to 1920. As the President of the Louisiana State Senate from 1924 to 1926, Gilbert succeeded to the lieutenant governorship on an interim basis until the expiration of the regular term in 1928.