Elbridge Thomas Gerry
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| Born | December 25, 1837 |
| Died | February 18, 1927 (aged 89) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia College (1857) |
| Spouse(s) | Louisa Matilda Livingston |
| Children | Angelica L. Gerry Mabel Gerry Drury Robert Livingston Gerry Peter Goelet Gerry |
| Parent(s) | Thomas R. Gerry Hannah G. Goelet |
| Relatives |
Elbridge Gerry (grandfather) Robert L. Gerry Jr. (grandson) |
Elbridge Thomas Gerry (December 25, 1837 – February 18, 1927), usually called "Commodore" Gerry due to the office he held with the New York Yacht Club from 1886 to 1892, was an American lawyer and reformer who was the grandson of U.S. Vice President Elbridge Gerry.
Gerry was born on December 25, 1837, the son of Thomas Russell Gerry (1794–1848), who was active in the Sons of the American Revolution, and Hannah Green Goelet (1804–1845), of another prominent family. In 1857, Gerry graduated from Columbia College, with honors.
His paternal grandfather was Founding Father, Massachusetts Governor and U.S. Vice President Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), whose exact name he shared. His cousins included Elbridge Gerry (1813–1886), who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine. and Robert Walton Goelet (1880–1941) who was a financier and real estate developer in New York City. His maternal great-grandfather was Peter Goelet (1727–1811).
In 1879, he inherited $500,000 after the death of his mother's brother, Peter Goelet (1800–1879).
After graduation from Columbia, he read law with William Curtis Noyes and was admitted to the New York bar in 1860. He later became partner with Noyes until his death, after which he joined William F. Allen and Vaughn Abbot, practicing as Allen, Abbott & Gerry.
In 1874, Gerry took up the case of Mary Ellen McCormack, who had been abused by her foster parents, which he eventually argued before the Supreme Court of New York.
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