Barent Gardenier was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
10 Facts About Barent Gardenier
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Barent Gardenier was a United States representative from 1807 to 1811.
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Barent Gardenier received a liberal education, studied law at Litchfield Law School and was admitted to the bar.
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Barent Gardenier was elected as a Federalist to the 10th and 11th United States Congresses, and served from March 4,1807, to March 3,1811.
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Barent Gardenier had a heated controversy with Senator John Armstrong relating to the latter's alleged authorship of the famous Newburgh letters, anonymous circulars in which the author had attempted unsuccessfully to instigate Continental Army soldiers to act against Congress at the end of the American Revolution in order to secure back pay, pensions and land grants that had been promised but were not immediately forthcoming.
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In 1808 Gardenier fought a duel with George W Campbell, a congressman from Tennessee, resulting from Gardenier's opposition to the Jefferson administration's trade embargo with Great Britain and France.
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Barent Gardenier challenged Campbell, and their duel was notable as being the first to be fought on what became the Bladensburg Dueling Grounds.
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From 1813 to 1815, Barent Gardenier was District Attorney of the First District which included New York, Queens, Kings, Suffolk, Richmond and Westchester Counties.
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Barent Gardenier died in New York City on January 10,1822.
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Barent Gardenier's speeches given in the 10th and 11th congresses appear in:.