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Sir James Gibson, 1st Baronet (1849–1912), British Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East 1909–1912 •
James C. Gibson, Esq. (1869–1948), Scottish landowner, military veteran, and community leader in British Guiana •
James Gibson (bishop) (1881–1952), Anglican bishop in Canada •
James Gibson (Irish politician), 19th century UK MP for Belfast •
James Gibson (judge) (1902–1992), New York judge •
James Gibson (Missouri politician) (1849–1918), American lawyer, judge and politician •
James Gibson (New York state senator) (1816–1897), New York lawyer and politician •
James Alexander Gibson (1912–2003), Canadian academic, federal bureaucrat and private secretary to prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King •
James B. Gibson (born 1949), Nevada politician •
James K. Gibson (1812–1879), Virginia congressman •
James William Gibson (1888–1965), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada •
James F. Gibson (Illinois politician) ==Sport==