Bob Gibbs
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 7th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Austria |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th district |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Zack Space |
| Succeeded by | District inactive |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the 22nd district |
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In office January 5, 2009 – December 31, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Amstutz |
| Succeeded by | Larry Obhof |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 97th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – December 31, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Bryan Flannery |
| Succeeded by | Dave Hall |
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Robert Brian Gibbs June 14, 1954 Peru, Indiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jody Gibbs |
| Residence | Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio |
| Profession | farmer, small business owner |
| Religion | Methodist |
Robert Brian "Bob" Gibbs (born June 14, 1954) is the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 7th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Gibbs was born on June 14, 1954 in Peru, Indiana. His family moved to Cleveland in the 1960s, and Gibbs graduated from Bay Village Senior High School. In 1974, he graduated from the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute and moved to Lakeville, Ohio where he co-founded Hidden Hollow Farms, Ltd. Formerly a producer of swine, Hidden Hollow Farms currently produces corn and soybeans.
Gibbs served as president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Ohio's largest agriculture organization which has over 210,000 members. Gibbs first joined the Ohio Farm Bureau board of trustees in 1985. Gibbs also served as a board member of the Farm Bureau Bank, the Ohio Livestock Coalition, the Ohio Cooperative Council, and the Ohio Farm Bureau Alliance. Gibbs was also president of the Loundonville Farmers Equity in Loudonville, Ohio, where he served on the board for 12 years. Gibbs has also served as president of the Holmes County (Ohio) extension advisory committee, the Holmes County Farm Bureau, and as a supervisor for the Holmes County Soil & Water Conservation Service.
Gibbs was first elected to the Ohio General Assembly in 2002, defeating Democrat Tom Mason of Ashland for a newly drawn district in the Ohio House. He was re-elected in 2004 in a rematch against Mason. During the 2006 statewide election, Gibbs was re-elected, receiving 60% over Democratic challenger James P. Riley, a former township trustee from Sullivan, Ohio. Gibbs began his third term in the Ohio House of Representatives on January 2, 2007 and decided to run for Ohio Senate in 2009 to fill the seat vacated by state senator Ron Amstutz, due to term limits.
Gibbs introduced nine bills during his first term in 2003–2004, four of which were signed into law by governor Bob Taft. He was the lead sponsor of House Bill 223 which introduced rebutable presumption laws to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. In August 2005, Gibbs introduced House Bill 331 (companion bill to enacted Senate Bill 167), which prevented eminent domain seizures for private entities following the Kelo v. New London decision in the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2005.
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