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'''Elbridge Gerry''' '''(1744 - 1814)''' was Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison from 1813 to 1814.  <ref> [[Fandex]], Workman Publishing, 2002.  </ref>

'''Elbridge Gerry''' '''(1744 - 1814)''' was Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison from 1813 to 1814.  He previously served as Governor of Massachusetts.  The phrase "gerrymander" was coined because a new district (in Massachusetts) had been shaped like a salamander.  <ref> [[Fandex]], Workman Publishing, 2002.  </ref>

 

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