Elbridge Gerry (Maine)

Elbridge Gerry (December 6, 1813 in Waterford, Oxford County, Massachusetts, † April 10, 1886 in Portland, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Elbridge Gerry was a grandson of Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814), who played an important role in the early history of the United States and the state of Massachusetts. The grandfather was a congressman and governor of Massachusetts, and from 1813 until his death in 1814, Vice President of the United States under President James Madison was. According to him, the practice of gerrymandering was named.

The younger Gerry attended the Brighton Academy. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1839 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Waterford. In 1840 he was employed in the management of the House of Representatives from Maine. In 1841 he was state bankruptcy trustee. Between 1842 and 1845 Gerry District Attorney was in Oxford County. In 1846 he was elected even in the House of Representatives of the State.

Politically, Gerry member of the Democratic Party. In 1848 he was the first electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1849, the successor of David Hammons. Since he resigned in 1850 to a bid again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1851. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Gerry moved to Portland in Maine, where he worked as a lawyer. Politically, he is no more have appeared.