Francis Gardner (December 27, 1771 – June 25, 1835) was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.
[1] He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796 and commenced practice at Walpole, New Hampshire before moving to Keene in 1806.
Gardner was appointed solicitor of Cheshire County, New Hampshire on June 30, 1806,[3] and served from 1807 to 1820.
Gardner died in Roxbury (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts on June 25, 1835 (age 63 years, 180 days).
His sister Hannah was the wife of Congressman Abijah Bigelow, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1810 to 1815.