Gideon Gardner

Gideon Gardner

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.

ee also

* Gardner (whaling family)

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