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The term gerrymandering is a portmanteau of a salamander and Elbridge Gerry, [a] [5] Vice President of the United States at the time of his death, who, as governor of Massachusetts in 1812, signed a bill that created a partisan district in the Boston area that was compared to the shape of a mythological salamander. The term has negative ...
The word gerrymander was reprinted numerous times in Federalist newspapers in Massachusetts, New England, and nationwide during the remainder of 1812. Gerrymandering soon began to be used to describe not only the original Massachusetts example, but also other cases of district-shape manipulation for partisan gain in other states.
During his second term, the legislature approved new state senate districts that led to the coining of the word "gerrymander"; he lost the next election, although the state senate remained Democratic-Republican. Gerry was nominated by the Democratic-Republican party and elected as vice president in the 1812 election. Advanced in age and in poor ...
Nick Seabrook explains his new history, "One Person, One Vote," and the way gerrymandering stymies everything from gun reform to democracy itself.
Stacker traced the origins of 20 words and terms used in political discourse using historical archives, research reports, and news articles.
Ohioans don't like gerrymandering, which is why both sides of the Issue 1 debate say they have a solution for it.
The Gerry-Mander (1812) Elkanah Tisdale (1768 – May 1, 1835) [1] was an American engraver, miniature painter and cartoonist.He was known for the famous cartoon "The Gerry-Mander", published in the Boston Gazette on March 26, 1812, which led to the coining of the term gerrymandering.
The old gerrymandering had a very bad stench and is still practiced in many states including Texas, columnist George Skelton writes. Column: Gerrymandering still exists in California. But reforms ...