Jay Gibbons (March 25, 1833, in Westerlo, New York – 1897, in Greene County, New York)^[1] was an American politician from New York.

He was the son of Alfred Gibbons and Dorcas (Sweet) Gibbons. On June 10, 1856, he married Emily Lockwood.^[1]

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co., 1st D.) in 1861.^[2] Gibbons was arrested on February 17, 1861 on charges of bribery.^[3] He was expelled from the Assembly On April 3, 1861, for attempting to acquire bribes in order to vote for certain legislation.^[2]

• List of New York Legislature members expelled or censured

• Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the State Legislature of New York by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 202f)
• In the Matter of the Breach of Privilege of Jay Gibbons from A Compilation of Cases of Breaches of Privilege of the House, in the Assembly of the State of New York (1871; pg. 115–120)

• Zimmerman, Joseph Francis (2008). The Government and Politics of New York State. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7435-8.

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