What is Elbridge Gerry?
{{Infobox_President | name=Elbridge Thomas Gerry | nationality=American | image=Elbridge-gerry-painting.jpg | caption=Official portrait, 1861 | order=5th [[Vice President of the United States]] | term_start=March 4, 1813 | term_end=November 23, 1814 | predecessor=[[George Clinton (politician)|George Clinton]] | successor=[[Daniel D. Tompkins]] | birth_date=July 17, 1744 | birth_place=Massachusetts, U.S | death_date=November 23, 1814 (aged 70) | death_place=Washington, D.C | spouse= | party= | president=[[James Madison]] |}} '''Elbridge Thomas Gerry''' (July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814) was an [[Americans|American]] politician from [[Massachusetts]]. As a [[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] he was elected the fifth [[vice president of the United States]], serving under [[James Madison]], from March 4, 1813, until his death a year and a half later. Gerry was a member of the [[Continental Congress]] and was a signer of both the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] and the [[Articles of Confederation]]. He was a delegate to the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|United States Constitutional Convention]] in 1787 but did not sign it. Gerry was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] and served there from 1789 to 1793. Gerry was elected [[Governor of Massachusetts]] in 1810 and served for two years. While serving as governor, Gerry supported a plan that would re-create voting districts in Massachusetts to give more power to the political party that he belonged to. The word [[gerrymander]] used today when a party tries to create more favourable voting districts was named for Elbridge Gerry. Gerry was Vice President under James Madison and died in office on November 23, 1814. {{USVicePresidents}} {{MAGovernors}} {{USDecOfIndSig}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerry, Elbridge}} [[Category:1744 births]] [[Category:1814 deaths]] [[Category:Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence]]