Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs | |
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| 7th Secretary of State of Florida | |
| In office 1868–1873 | |
| Governor | Harrison Reed Ossian B. Hart |
| Preceded by | George J. Alden |
| Succeeded by | Samuel B. McLin |
| 4th Florida Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
| In office 1873–1874 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Beecher |
| Succeeded by | William Watkin Hicks |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 28, 1821 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 1874 (aged 52) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Amelia Harris, (divorced), and Elizabeth F. Gibbs |
| Relations | Brother, Mifflin Wistar Gibbs; Niece, Ida Alexander Gibbs; Niece, Harriet Gibbs Marshall; Nephew-in-law, William Henry Hunt (diplomat) |
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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, II (September 28, 1821 – August 14, 1874) was an American Presbyterian minister who served as Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida, and, along with U.S. Congressman Josiah Thomas Walls, was among the most powerful black officeholders in the state during Reconstruction. An African American who served during the Reconstruction era, he was the first black Florida Secretary of State, holding the office over a century prior to the state's second black Secretary of State, Jesse McCrary, who served for five months in 1979.