Preceded by Isaiah L. Green Succeeded by Isaiah L. Green Role U.S. representative | Name Gideon Gardner Resigned March 3, 1811 | |
Died March 22, 1832, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Party Democratic-Republican Party | ||
Political party Democratic-Republican | ||
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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. Gardner was a successful ship master, and later became a shipowner. Gardner also engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was reportedly owner of the Ganges (1809 whaler) when Gardner Island was discovered.
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.
Gardner was a direct descendant of Thomas Gardner (planter).