Gideon Gardner

Who was Gideon Gardner?

Gideon Gardner 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 the reputed owner of the Ganges when Gardner Island was discovered.

Gardner was elected as a Democratic-Republican Party to the Eleventh Congress. 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.