Frank Gardner (May 8, 1872 – February 1, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a

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from Indiana from 1923 to 1929.

Biography

He was born on a farm in Finley Township, near Scottsburg, Indiana, and attended the rural schools. He graduated from the Borden Institute,

Clark County, Indiana Clark County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. At the 2020 census, the population was 121,093. The county seat is Jeffersonville. Clark County is part of the Louisville/ ...

, in 1896 and from the law department of Indiana University in 1900. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and started practicing law in Scottsburg, Indiana. He was the auditor of Scott County from 1903 to 1911, the county attorney from 1911, a member of the Democratic county committee and its chairman from 1912 to 1922, and a field examiner for the State Board of Accounts from 1911 to 1920.

Congress

Gardner was elected as a

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to the

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in 1922. His predecessor in the district, Republican

James W. Dunbar James Whitson Dunbar (October 17, 1860 – May 19, 1943) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana. He served a total of three terms from 1919 to 1923 and from 1929 to 1931. Early life and career Born in New ...

, had chosen not to run for reelection. Gardner was reelected to the Sixty-Ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929).

Later career and death

In 1928, James W. Dunbar ran for election to his former seat and defeated Gardner. Gardner resumed practicing law in Scottsburg, Indiana. In 1930 he was elected judge of the sixth judicial circuit of Indiana in 1930. He was reelected in 1936 and served until his death in Scottsburg, Indiana, on February 1, 1937. He was interred in Scottsburg Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, Frank 1872 births 1937 deaths Indiana University alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana