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Elbridge Gerry ( / ˈɡɛri /; July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814. [ 1]
Aug 3, 2020 · Today, Elbridge Gerry is best known for being the force and namesake behind “Gerrymandering.” That has obscured the significance of a founder who signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and later ascended to the Vice Presidency.
Jul 19, 2024 · Elbridge Gerry (born July 17, 1744, Marblehead, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died November 23, 1814, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was a signer of the American Declaration of Independence and the fifth vice president of the United States (1813–14) in the second term of Pres. James Madison.
Elbridge Gerry helped organize a boycott of tea in 1770, and he was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1772 where he met and befriended Samuel Adams. The two men corresponded extensively, and Adams considered Gerry an intelligent and trustworthy patriot.
Feb 2, 2023 · During his second term as governor of Massachusetts, in 1811, Elbridge Gerry, upset with the Federalist Party's outspoken opposition to President James Madison's foreign policy, approved a controversial redistricting plan designed to give the Republican Party an advantage in the state senatorial elections.
The Role of Elbridge Gerry at the Massachusetts Convention On 14 January 1788 nondelegate Elbridge Gerry was invited to take a seat and respond to questions about the Constitutional Convention, of which he had been a member.
Jun 27, 2018 · Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), American patriot and statesman, signed the Declaration of Independence and was vice president under James Madison. Elbridge Gerry was one of 12 children born to Thomas and Elizabeth Gerry.
Elbridge Gerry passed on November 23, 1814, and he is the only signer of the Declaration of Independence to be buried in Washington DC. Not long after his passing, the United States defeated Great Britain and won limited concessions from the Treaty of Ghent.
Mar 5, 2018 · Elbridge Gerry, Massachusetts. Gerry was born in 1744 at Marblehead, MA, the third of 12 children. His mother was the daughter of a Boston merchant; his father, a wealthy and politically active merchant-shipper who had once been a sea captain.
Elbridge Gerry was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814. The political practice of gerrymandering is named after him.
