{{Short description|American politician (1783–1852)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gideon Barstow | image = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] | term1 = March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 | preceded1 = [[Nathaniel Silsbee]] | succeeded1 = [[Benjamin Williams Crowninshield|Benjamin W. Crowninshield]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1823<br>1829<br>1833<br>1837 | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term3 = 1827<br>1834 | birth_date = September 7, 1783 | birth_place = [[Mattapoisett, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1852|3|26|1783|9|7}} | death_place = [[St. Augustine, Florida]] | spouse = | children = Gideon Forrester Barstow | profession = | party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]], [[Democratic-Republican Party|Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican]] }} '''Gideon Barstow''' (September 7, 1783 – March 26, 1852) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Mattapoisett, Massachusetts]], Barstow attended the common schools and [[Brown University]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]] from 1799 to 1801. He studied medicine, was admitted to practice and settled in [[Salem, Massachusetts]]. He served as member of the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821]].

Barstow was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the [[17th United States Congress|Seventeenth]] Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1822. He served as member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]], and served in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]]. He served as presidential elector on the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] ticket of Clay and Sergeant in 1832. He moved to [[St. Augustine, Florida]], because of ill health and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Barstow died in St. Augustine March 26, 1852 and was interred in [[Huguenot Cemetery]].

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