Nelson Burr Gaskill (September 1875 – October 6, 1964) was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from December 1, 1921, to November 30, 1922.

[1] The son of New Jersey judge Joseph H. Gaskill,[2] Gaskill received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1896,[3][4] where he won a senior prize for oratory,[5] followed by a law degree from Harvard Law School.

[3][4] He eventually attained the rank of colonel in the New Jersey National Guard,[7][4] and was active during World War I.

[8] In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Gaskill to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission vacated by the retirement of John Franklin Fort, due to illness.

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