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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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| + | |1744 | ||
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| + | |1814 | ||
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| + | |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> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | {{DEFAULTSORT: Gerry, Elbridge}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]] | ||
Revision as of 22:22, June 25, 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]