Francis Gardner

Francis Gardner (born December 27, 1771 in Leominster , Worcester County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † June 25, 1835 in Roxbury , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1807 and 1809 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Gardner studied at Harvard University until 1793 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1796, he began to practice in Walpole (New Hampshire) in his new profession. In 1806 he moved to Keene . From 1807 to 1820 Gardner was a district attorney in Cheshire County .

Politically, Gardner was a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In the 1806 congressional elections, which were held nationwide, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the third mandate from New Hampshire . There he succeeded David Hough of the Federalist Party on March 4, 1807 . Since he renounced another candidacy in the next election in 1808, Gardner could only hold one term in Congress until March 3, 1809 .

After his time in the House of Representatives, Francis Gardner was no longer politically active. Through his sister Hannah he was a brother-in-law of Congressman Abijah Bigelow , who sat in Congress for the State of Massachusetts from 1809 to 1815.

Web links

• Francis Gardner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)