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Jesse Carter Gilbert (1831, Benton, Kentucky - 24 September 1894, Longview, Texas) was an attorney and politician. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives starting in 1861. He was elected state senator from the second district in 1871 and served until 1875. Afterward he was an attorney, practicing in Paducah, Kentucky for the balance of his life. The town of Gilbertsville, Kentucky was named for him in 1874.

References

1. Genealogical info on the family of Joel H Gilbert (1798-1852) and Charlotte Caroline Strow
2. "Memorial record of Western Kentucky, Volume I and Volume II," Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pages 32-33. (Convenience link at Ancestry.com retrieved January 21, 2009)

• 1831 births
• 1894 deaths
• Kentucky state senators
• Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
• People from Benton, Kentucky
• People from McCracken County, Kentucky
• 19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly