Elbridge Gerry
| Elbridge Gerry | |
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| 5th Vice President of the United States | |
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In office March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814 |
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| President | James Madison |
| Preceded by | George Clinton |
| Succeeded by | Daniel D. Tompkins |
| 9th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office June 10, 1810 – March 4, 1812 |
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| Lieutenant | William Gray |
| Preceded by | Christopher Gore |
| Succeeded by | Caleb Strong |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by |
Shearjashub Bourne Peleg Coffin Jr. |
| Personal details | |
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Elbridge Thomas Gerry July 17, 1744 Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | November 23, 1814 (aged 70) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Congressional Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Thompson |
| Children | 10 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Religion | Episcopalianism |
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Elbridge Thomas Gerry (/ˈɛlbrɪdʒ ˈɡɛri/; July 17, 1744 (O.S. July 6, 1744) – November 23, 1814) was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States (1813–14), serving under James Madison. He is known best for being the namesake of gerrymandering, a process by which electoral districts are drawn with the aim of aiding the party in power, although its initial "g" has softened to /dʒ/ from the hard /ɡ/ of his name.
Born into a wealthy merchant family, Gerry vocally opposed British colonial policy in the 1760s, and was active in the early stages of organizing the resistance in the American Revolutionary War. Elected to the Second Continental Congress, Gerry signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. He was one of three men who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 but refused to sign the United States Constitution because it did not then include a Bill of Rights. After its ratification he was elected to the inaugural United States Congress, where he was actively involved in drafting and passage of the Bill of Rights as an advocate of individual and state liberties.
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