Elbridge Gerry
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title:
Elbridge Gerry
text:
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. Born into a wealthy merchant family, Gerry vocally opposed British colonial policy in the 1760s and was active in the early stages of organizing the resistance in the American Revolutionary War. Elected to the Second Continental Co
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Founding Father and United States vice president (1813–1814)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry
date created:
2001-12-19T01:32:06Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T01:41:54Z
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