Gideon Gardner should not be confused with Gideon Gartner.
| Gideon Gardner | |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| District: | 8th |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1809 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1811 |
| Preceded: | Isaiah L. Green |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1759 |
| Birth Place: | Nantucket, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Death Place: | Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Gideon Gardner (May 30, 1759 – March 22, 1832) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Nantucket in the Province 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 the Ganges (1809 whaler) when "Gardner's 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).