Elbridge Gerry

GPTKB entity
AI-created image of Elbridge Gerry
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Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_College
gptkbp:birthDate 1744-07-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Marblehead,_Massachusetts_Bay,_British_America
gptkbp:children gptkb:Ann_Gerry
gptkb:Catherine_Gerry
gptkb:Elbridge_Gerry_Jr.
gptkb:Eliza_Gerry
gptkb:Emily_Louisa_Gerry
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Gerry,_Massachusetts
gptkb:Gerry,_New_York
Gerrymander (term)
gptkbp:deathDate 1814-11-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:governorTermStart 1810
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elbridge Gerry
gptkbp:knownFor gerrymandering
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkbp:notableWork signing the Articles of Confederation
signing the Declaration of Independence
signing the United States Constitution (did not sign)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:merchant
politician
gptkbp:opposedBy ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a Bill of Rights
gptkbp:party gptkb:Anti-Administration_Party
gptkb:Democratic-Republican_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkb:state_order
Delegate to the Continental Congress
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Signer of the Articles of Confederation
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:George_Clinton
gptkbp:predecessorAsGovernorOfMassachusetts gptkb:Christopher_Gore
gptkbp:presidentDuringVicePresidency gptkb:James_Madison
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Congregationalism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Congressional_Cemetery
gptkbp:signature Elbridge Gerry signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ann_Thompson_Gerry
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Daniel_D._Tompkins
gptkbp:successorAsGovernorOfMassachusetts gptkb:Caleb_Strong
gptkbp:termEnd 1812
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:United_States
1813-03-04
1814-11-23
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:bfsLayer 2