Gideon Gardner (May 30, 1759 – March 22, 1832) was aU.S. representative fromMassachusetts.

Born inNantucket in theProvince of Massachusetts Bay, 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 theGanges (1809 whaler) when"Gardner's Island" was discovered.

Gardner was elected as aDemocratic-Republican Party to theEleventh 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 inNantucket, Massachusetts, March 22, 1832.He was interred in Friends Burying Ground.

Gardner was a direct descendant ofThomas Gardner (planter).

• Gardner (whaling family)

• United States Congress."Gideon Gardner (id: G000054)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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