10 Facts About Mills Gardner

Mills Gardner was an attorney, politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1877 to 1879.

Mills Gardner was born in Russellville, Ohio, the son of Seth Gardner, a captain in the War of 1812.

Mills Gardner attended the public schools of Highland County, Ohio and Rankins academy at Ripley, Ohio.

Mills Gardner clerked in a dry goods store for some years while reading the law with his uncle Judge Nelson Barrere of Hillsboro, Ohio who was the last Whig candidate for governor of Ohio.

Mills Gardner relocated to Fayette County, Ohio in 1854 and was admitted to the bar in 1855, locating at Washington Court House, Ohio where he built up a large practice.

Mills Gardner was prosecuting attorney of Fayette county for two terms.

Mills Gardner was elected on the Republican ticket to the Ohio Senate in 1861.

In 1865, Mills Gardner was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.

Mills Gardner was elected to the Forty-fifth congress in 1876 from Ohio's Third district.

Mills Gardner declined renomination in 1878 for a second term.