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'''Elbridge Gerry''' (July 17, 1744 - November 23, 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]], signed the [[Declaration of Independence]], and was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]]. The phrase "[[gerrymander]]" was coined because a new district (in Massachusetts) had been shaped like a [[salamander]].<ref>[[Fandex]], Workman Publishing, 2002.</ref>

'''Elbridge Gerry''' (July 17, 1744 - November 23, 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]], signed the [[Declaration of Independence]], and was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention]]. The phrase "[[gerrymander]]" was coined because a new district (in Massachusetts) had been shaped like a [[salamander]].<ref>[[Fandex]], Workman Publishing, 2002.</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Elbridge Gerry was born at Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, July 17th, 1744. He became a member of Harvard college before his fourteenth year, and on leaving the university, engaged in commercial pursuits at Marblehead, under the direction of his father. His inclination would have led him to the study of medicine; but great success attended his mercantile enterprise, and, in a few years, he found himself in the enjoyment of a competent fortune.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1tcDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA352 Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; and a General View of Its Present Condition]</ref>

Elbridge Gerry was born at Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, July 17, 1744. He became a member of Harvard college before his fourteenth year, and on leaving the university, engaged in commercial pursuits at Marblehead, under the direction of his father. His inclination would have led him to the study of medicine; but great success attended his mercantile enterprise, and, in a few years, he found himself in the enjoyment of a competent fortune.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1tcDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA352 Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events in the History of the Country, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; and a General View of Its Present Condition]</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

* "Why should the blacks, who were property in the South, be in the rule of representation more than the cattle and horses of the North?"<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_611.asp Madison Debates, June 11, 1787]</ref>

* "Why should the blacks, who were property in the South, be in the rule of representation more than the cattle and horses of the North?"<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_611.asp Madison Debates, June 11, 1787]</ref>

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]]

* [[Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]]

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=K1oFAAAAYAAJ The life of Elbridge Gerry: With contemporary letters. To the close of the American revolution], 1828

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=K1oFAAAAYAAJ The life of Elbridge Gerry: With contemporary letters. To the close of the American revolution], 1828

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=P9kDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA7 Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 8], 1827

* [https://books.google.com/books?id=P9kDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA7 Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 8], 1827

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