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| + | !colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: green no-repeat scroll top left;"|Elbridge Gerry; | ||
| + | Fifth Vice President of the United States | ||
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| + | |Born | ||
| + | |1744 | ||
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| + | |Died | ||
| + | |1814 | ||
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| + | |Term | ||
| + | |1813-1814 | ||
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| + | '''Elbridge Gerry''' 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> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:05, May 4, 2007
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| Elbridge Gerry;
Fifth Vice President of the United States | |
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| Born | 1744 |
| Died | 1814 |
| Term | 1813-1814 |
Elbridge Gerry 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. [1]