Nelson Burr Gaskill (September 1875 – October 6, 1964) was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from December 1, 1921, to November 30, 1922.List of Commissioners, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).
The son of New Jersey judge Joseph H. Gaskill,"Joseph H. Gaskill Dead at 85 Years", The Bridgewater Courier-News (November 26, 1935), p. 3. Gaskill received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1896,William E. Kovacic & Marc Winerman, "Outpost Years for a Start-Up Agency: The FTC from 1921-1925", 172 Antitrust L.J. 145, 174 (2010)."Col. Nelson Gaskill", The Washington Post (October 9, 1964), p. C7. where he won a senior prize for oratory,"Mentioned in Mount Holly", The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 29, 1896), p. 35. followed by a law degree from Harvard Law School. He joined the New Jersey National Guard, where he was elected captain of his company in 1902,"The New Jersey Guard", The Philadelphia Inquirer (February 16, 1902), p. 35. and served as Assistant Attorney General for New Jersey. He eventually attained the rank of colonel in the New Jersey National Guard,"Hopewell Business Men Assist In Y.M.C.A. Campaign", The Hopewell Herald (November 7, 1917), p. 1. and was active during World War I."Former New Jersey Official Named as Trade Board Member", Los Angeles Evening Express (February 13, 1920), p. 20.
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Gaskill to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission vacated by the retirement of John Franklin Fort, due to illness."Selected For Cabinet", The Washington Post (December 3, 1919), p. 2. Gaskill was reappointed to the FTC by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924."Official Re-appointed", Iowa City Press-Citizen (October 4, 1924), p. 1.
Gaskill died at the age of 89.
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