American politician
Augustus P. Gardner
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Gardner c. 1916?18
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In office
November 4, 1902 ? May 15, 1917
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Preceded by
| William Henry Moody
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Succeeded by
| Willfred W. Lufkin
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In office
January 3, 1900 ? December 31, 1901
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Preceded by
| Charles O. Bailey
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Succeeded by
| Harry C. Foster
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Born
| Augustus Peabody Gardner
(
1865-11-05
)
November 5, 1865
Boston, Massachusetts
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Died
| January 14, 1918
(1918-01-14)
(aged 52)
Camp Wheeler, Macon, Georgia
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Resting place
| Arlington National Cemetery
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Nationality
| American
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Political party
| Republican
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Spouse
| Constance Lodge (m. June 15, 1892)
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Children
| Constance Gardner
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Alma mater
| Harvard College
(A.B. 1886)
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Awards
| Distinguished Service Medal
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Signature
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Allegiance
| United States of America
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Branch/service
| United States Army
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Years of service
| 1898
1917?1918
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Rank
| Captain
and assistant Adjutant General
Colonel
,
Major
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Unit
| Adjutant General's Department
31st Division
121st Regiment, United States Infantry
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Battles/wars
| Spanish?American War
Battle of Coamo
World War I
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Augustus Peabody Gardner
(November 5, 1865 ? January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and
Republican Party
politician from Massachusetts. He represented the
North Shore
region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Representatives in the early 20th century. Through his marriage to Constance Lodge, Gardner was the son-in-law of
Henry Cabot Lodge
.
[
citation needed
]
Early life and education
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Gardner was born in
Boston, Massachusetts
, on November 5, 1865, to Joseph Peabody Gardner and Harriet Sears Amory.
[1]
He was the descendant of
Thomas Gardner
.
His mother died in 1865.
[2]
After his father died in 1875, Augustus and his two brothers were informally adopted by his uncle
John Lowell Gardner II
and John's wife
Isabella Stewart Gardner
.
[
citation needed
]
He graduated from
Harvard University
in 1886. He studied law at
Harvard Law School
but never practiced, instead devoting himself to the management of his estate.
[
citation needed
]
On June 14, 1892, Gardner married
Constance Lodge
, daughter of then-Representative and soon-to-be Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge
at Saint Anne's Church in
Nahant, Massachusetts
.
[
citation needed
]
Spanish?American War
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Gardner served in the
Spanish?American War
as a captain and assistant adjutant general on the staff of Major General
James Wilson
and fought at the
Battle of Coamo
. He served from May 12 to December 31, 1898.
[
citation needed
]
Politics
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Gardner was a member of the
Republican Party
, like his father-in-law. He was elected to the
Massachusetts Senate
in 1899 and served from 1900 to 1901.
[
citation needed
]
Gardner was then elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress by special election, after the resignation of United States Representative
William H. Moody
. Gardner was reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses (November 4, 1902 ? May 15, 1917).
[3]
Gardner was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions during the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses.
[
citation needed
]
In the House, Gardner favored limiting the powers of the Speaker, placing him in opposition to Republican Speaker
Joseph Cannon
and his allies. He favored restrictions on immigration and a build-up of the American national military, as opposed to reliance on state militias.
[4]
In 1913
, Gardner was the Republican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts, but finished third behind Democrat
David I. Walsh
and Progressive Charles Sumner Bird.
[
citation needed
]
World War I
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Rescue of the Lodges from France
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At the beginning of World War I, Gardner's sister-in-law, Mrs. George Cabot Lodge and her children (
Henry
,
John
, and Helene) were stranded in France. In August 1914, Gardner traveled to France to extract them and bring them to safety in London.
[5]
Resignation from Congress and enlistment
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Shortly after the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, Gardner resigned from Congress to enter the army on May 24, 1917, as a
colonel
in the Adjutant General's Department. He was first assigned to the headquarters of the Eastern Department at
Governors Island
in New York Harbor and later as adjutant of the
31st Division
.
Desiring combat duty, he requested and accepted a demotion to the rank of
major
on December 8, 1917. He was then placed in command of the 1st Battalion,
121st Infantry
, 31st Division at
Camp Wheeler
in Georgia.
Death
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Gardner died of
pneumonia
while on active duty at
Macon, Georgia
, on January 14, 1918. He was buried in
Arlington National Cemetery
.
[
citation needed
]
In 1923, he was posthumously awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal
for meritorious service during World War I. His award citation states, "His entire service was characterized by untiring zeal, devotion to duty and marked success."
[6]
His other military awards were the
Spanish Campaign Medal
and the
World War I Victory Medal
.
Constance later remarried to Major General Charles Clarence Williams, U.S. Army Chief of Ordnance
[
citation needed
]
.
References
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- Notes
- ^
Gardner, Constance Lodge (1919),
Augustus Peabody Gardner, Major, United States National Guard, 1865?1918
, Cambridge, MA: Constance Gardner, printed at the Riverside press, p. 1
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Gardner, Frank A MD [1933]
Gardner Memorial: A Biographical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Thomas Gardner, Planter, Cape Ann, 1624, Salem
ISBN
978-0-7404-2590-5
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"S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903"
.
GovInfo.gov
. U.S. Government Printing Office. November 9, 1903. p. 49
. Retrieved
July 2,
2023
.
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"Maj. Gardner Dies at Camp Wheeler; Author of the Famous 'Wake Up, America!' Speech a Victim of Pneumonia at 52"
(PDF)
.
New York Times
. January 15, 1918. p. 13.
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"Lodge and Gardner Safe: Families of Both now in London-Gardner Praises American Officials at Havre"
.
Boston Evening Transcript
. London. August 7, 1914. p. 3
. Retrieved
April 14,
2023
– via Newspapers.com.
- ^
American Decorations, 1862?1926
. pg. 706.
Further reading
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- Gardner, Constance Lodge.:
Augustus Peabody Gardner, Major, United States National Guard, 1865?1918
(1919).
- Who's who in State Politics, 1912
Practical Politics p. 18 (1912).
- New York Times
, "Gardiner-Lodge" Page 4, (June 15, 1892).
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