David Gardiner (politician)

David Gardiner (May 29, 1784 – February 28, 1844) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of New York State Senate from 1824 to 1828.

[2] Gardiner practiced law for several years, but beginning in 1815 when he married Juliana McLachlan, one of the wealthiest women in New York, he also managed her extensive real estate holdings in Manhattan.

[2] He was elected to one four-year term as a member of the New York State Senate representing the 1st District of Suffolk County from 1824 to 1828.

[5] As the USS Princeton neared Mount Vernon, the world's biggest naval gun, The Peacemaker, which was being demonstrated, exploded, killing Gardiner and five others.

[7] His father had been a Scottish warrior in the Battle of Culloden in 1746, between the Jacobites and the military forces in the service of King of England, who was beheaded.