Question: What key details about henry gardner can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: henry joseph gardner -lrb- june 14 , 1819 -- july 21 , 1892 -rrb- was the 23rd governor of massachusetts , serving from 1855 to 1858 . gardner , a know nothing , and was elected governor as part of the sweeping victory of know nothing candidates in the massachusetts elections of 1854 . born in dorchester , gardner was a dry goods merchant from boston active in the local whig party in the early 1850s . with the sudden and secretive rise of the nativist know nothings in 1854 , gardner opportunistically repudiated previously-held positions , and joined the movement , winning a landslide victory over whig emory washburn . during his three terms in office the know nothing legislatures enacted legislation on a wide-ranging reform agenda , and made several significant changes to the state constitution , including important electoral reforms such as the replacement of majority voting with plurality voting . the know nothing movement began to disintegrate not long after its 1854 victory , dividing over slavery . gardner won reelection in 1856 only with republican support , given in exchange for know nothing support for the republican presidential candidate , john fremont . republican nathaniel prentice banks easily defeated gardner in 1857 , and the know nothing movement effectively dissolved . by 1860 gardner had left politics and returned to his business interests ; he died in relative obscurity .
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- profession is merchant politician- death place is milton , massachusetts- alt is painting sideburns . of a man with a moustache and large- caption is portrait by jean paul selinger , 1890- birth name is henry joseph gardner- order is 23rd- successor is nathaniel p. banks- party is whig know nothing- death date is 21 july 1892- predecessor is emory washburn- office is governor of massachusetts- lieutenant is simon brown henry w. benchley- term end is january 7 , 1858- term start is january 4 , 1855- birth date is 14 june 1819- image is govhenryjgardner.jpg- birth place is dorchester , massachusetts