{{Short description|American politician (1759–1832)}} {{distinguish|Gideon Gartner}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =Gideon Gardner | image_size =250px | caption = <!-- --> | state =[[Massachusetts]] | district =[[Massachusetts's 8th congressional district|8th]] | term_start =March 4, 1809 | term_end =March 3, 1811 | preceded =[[Isaiah L. Green]] | succeeded =[[Isaiah L. Green]] <!-- --> | birth_date ={{birth date|1759|5|30}} | birth_place =[[Nantucket]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date ={{death date and age|1832|3|22|1759|5|30}} | death_place =[[Nantucket]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | party =[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | resting_place = Friends Burying Ground | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000054. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> '''Gideon Gardner''' (May 30, 1759 – March 22, 1832) was an American merchant and politician who served one term as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]] from 1809 to 1811.

== Biography == Born in [[Nantucket]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], Gardner received a limited schooling.

=== Early career === 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 [[Nikumaroro|"Gardner's Island"]] was discovered.

=== Congress === Gardner was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican Party]] to the [[11th United States Congress|Eleventh]] Congress (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811).

=== Later career === 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.

=== Death and burial === He died in [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]], March 22, 1832. He was interred in Friends Burying Ground.

Gardner was a direct descendant of [[Thomas Gardner (planter)]].

==See also== * [[Gardner (whaling family)]]

==References== {{CongBio|G000054}}

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