The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Gerry (original) (raw)

GERRY (Soundex G600) — See also GARRY,GEAREY,GEARY,GERRI,GERRIE,GERY,GREY,GUERRY,GYORY,JERRY,KERRY,PERRY.

| | GERRY: See also Gerry L. Brewster —Gerry Brooks —Elbridge Gerry Brown —Gerry Byrne —Gerry Cofield —Gerry Cohen —Gerry Coonley —Gerry D'Amico —Elbridge Gerry Davis —Alfred Gerry Fairbanks —Gerry Finnegan —Waldemar John Gallman —Gerry Geer —Gerry Whiting Hazelton —Gerry Hildenbrand —Gerry Kamilos —Elbridge Gerry Lapham —Gerry Biggs Montgomery —Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. —Gerry L. Newby —Gerry B. Nutting —Gerry Parsky —Eldridge Gerry Pearl —Gerry Purcell —Gerry Senda —Mrs. Gerry Simmons —Elbridge Gerry Spaulding —Gerry Eastman Studds —Gerry Wahlheim —Gerry Welch —D. 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| | | Gerry, Ann (1763-1849) — also known as Ann Thompson — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 12, 1763. First Lady of Massachusetts, 1810-12; Second Lady of the United States, 1813-14.Female. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., March 17, 1849 (age 85 years, 217 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | | | Gerry, Arthur P. — of Gilford, Belknap County, N.H.Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Gilford, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Gerry, C. H. — of York, York County, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1912. Burial location unknown. | | | | Gerry, Commodore: See Elbridge Thomas Gerry | | | | Gerry, Curtis — of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Gerry, David M. — of Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa. Democrat. Chair of Lycoming County Democratic Party, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Gerry, E. Peabody See Edwin Peabody Gerry | | | | Gerry, Edwin Peabody(1846-1911) — also known as E. Peabody Gerry — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Standish, Cumberland County, Maine, November 2, 1846. Republican. Physician; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1903. Died in Phillipston, Worcester County, Mass., June 22, 1911 (age 64 years, 232 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. Relatives: Son of Edwin Jerome Gerry and Sophia J. (Goodwin) Gerry. Gerry Hall(opened 1962, demolished 2007), at Dartmouth College,Hanover, New Hampshire, was named for him. See also Find-A-Grave memorial Image source: Boston Globe, September 16, 1904 | | | Gerry, Elbridge(1744-1814) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Marblehead, Essex County, Mass., July 17, 1744.Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1786; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93; Governor of Massachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; Vice President of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814.Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. The word gerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting. Died in Washington, D.C., November 23, 1814 (age 70 years, 129 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. Relatives: Son of Thomas Gerry and Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Gerry; married, January 12, 1786, to Ann Gerry; grandfather ofElbridge Thomas Gerry; great-grandfather ofPeter Goelet Gerry; third cousin of Levi Lincoln; third cousin once removed of Levi Lincoln Jr. and Enoch Lincoln. Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). The townof Elbridge, New York, is named for him. — The townof Gerry, New York, is named for him. — The townof Gerry (now Phillipston, Massachusetts), was named for him until 1812. Other politicians named for him: Elbridge G. Baldwin— Elbridge G. Knowlton— Elbridge G. Creacraft— Elbridge G. Spaulding— Elbridge G. Gale— Elbridge Gerry— Elbridge G. Lapham— Eldridge Gerry Pearl— Elbridge G. Moulton— Elbridge G. Cracraft— Elbridge G. Kelley— Elbridge G. Haynes— Elbridge G. Brown— Elbridge G. Davis See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail Books about Elbridge Gerry: George Athan Billias, Elbridge Gerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman | | | | Gerry, Elbridge(1813-1886) — of Waterford, Oxford County, Maine; Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, December 6, 1813. Democrat. Lawyer; Oxford County Prosecuting Attorney, 1842-45; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1846; U.S. Representative from Maine 1st District, 1849-51. Died in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, April 10, 1886 (age 72 years, 125 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Presumably named for: Elbridge Gerry Relatives: Son of Peter Gerry and Mary 'Polly' (Cutler) Gerry; married, November 22, 1849, to Anna St. Clair Jenness (daughter of Richard Jenness). Political family: Jenness family of Deerfield, New Hampshire. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial | | | | Gerry, Elbridge Thomas(1837-1927) — also known as Elbridge T. Gerry; "Commodore Gerry" — of Newport, Newport County, R.I.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Charlestown, Washington County, R.I., December 25, 1837.Lawyer;delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867; founderand president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (said to be the "parent of all child protective organizations in the world"); governor of New York Hospital, 1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment (replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, New York Life Insurance Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on Insanity, 1892. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Broke his hip in a fall, and died two weeks later, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 18, 1927 (age 89 years, 55 days). Entombed at St. James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y. | | | | Gerry, Harvey S. — U.S. Vice Consul in Buenos Aires, as of 1926; Asuncion, as of 1927. Burial location unknown. | | | | Gerry, James (1796-1873) — of Shrewsbury, York County, Pa. Born near Rising Sun, Cecil County, Md., August 14, 1796. Democrat. Physician;U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1839-43.Scottishancestry. Died in Shrewsbury, York County, Pa., July 19, 1873 (age 76 years, 339 days). Interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Pa. | | | | Gerry, James O. — of Madison, Carroll County, N.H. Democrat. Member of New Hampshire state senate 5th District, 1911-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1916(member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1920(alternate), 1924(alternate). Burial location unknown. | | | | Gerry, John Francis(1925-1995) — of New Jersey. Born in Camden, Camden County, N.J., November 17, 1925. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1973-75; U.S. District Judge for New Jersey, 1975-94. Died, of liver cancer, in Moorestown, Burlington County, N.J., March 10, 1995 (age 69 years, 113 days). Burial location unknown. Relatives: Son of Francis P. Gerry and Grace (Hendrickson) Gerry; married to Jean Elberson. | | | | Gerry, Louise Cuyler(1883-1962) — also known as Louise C. Gerry — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Snyder, Erie County, N.Y.; Robbinston, Washington County, Maine. Born in Robbinston, Washington County, Maine, June 12, 1883. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936,1940.Female.Congregationalistor Presbyterian. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; Zonta; Grange. Died in Robbinston, Washington County, Maine, June 21, 1962 (age 79 years, 9 days). Interment at Brewer Cemetery, Robbinston, Maine. | | | | Gerry, Melville B. — of Colorado. Justice of Colorado state supreme court, 1888-89. Burial location unknown. | | | | Gerry, Peabody See Edwin Peabody Gerry | | | | Gerry, Peter Goelet(1879-1957) — also known as Peter G. Gerry — of Newport, Newport County, R.I.; Warwick, Kent County, R.I.; Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 18, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912(member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1916(member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1917-29, 1935-47; defeated, 1928, 1930; member of Democratic National Committee from Rhode Island, 1932-36.Episcopalian. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 31, 1957 (age 78 years, 43 days). Interment at St. James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y. Relatives: Son of Louisa Matilda (Livingston) Gerry and Elbridge Thomas Gerry; married, May 26, 1910, to Mathilde Townsend (who later married Benjamin Sumner Welles); married, October 22, 1925, to Edith Stuyvesant (Dresser) Vanderbilt; great-grandson of Elbridge Gerry, Ann Gerry and Maturin Livingston; great-grandnephew of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847); second great-grandson of Morgan Lewis; second great-grandnephew of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward Livingston; third great-grandson of Francis Lewis and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Younger and Robert Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); fifth great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin four times removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Robert Walton Goelet and Ogden Livingston Mills; second cousin once removed of Peter Goelet; second cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and John Jacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Tallmadge, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler and Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson and Stephen John Schuyler; third cousin once removed of William Waldorf Astor; third cousin twice removed of Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; third cousin thrice removed of Levi Lincoln, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton Fish; fourth cousin of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and Robert Reginald Livingston; fourth cousin once removed of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer. Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial | | | | Gerry, Robert — of Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine.Mayor of Ellsworth, Maine, 1896. Burial location unknown. | | | | Gerry, Thomas R. — U.S. Vice Consul in Malaga, as of 1899-1904. Burial location unknown. | |

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