Gideon Gardner

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Gideon Gardner (May 30, 1759 - March 22, 1832) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Gardner received a limited schooling. He was a successful shipmaster, and later became a shipowner. He also engaged in mercantile pursuits.

Gardner was elected as a Democratic-Republican Party to the Eleventh Congress (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1811). He resumed his former business pursuits. He was the bearer of a petition from the citizens of Nantucket to Congress for tax relief in 1813. He died in Nantucket, Massachusetts, March 22, 1832. He was interred in Friends Burying Ground.

[edit] See also

• Gardner (whaling family)

[edit] References

• Gideon Gardner at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress