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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Massachusetts / USElbridge GERRY
(1744-1814)
GERRY, Elbridge,
(great-grandfather of Peter Goelet Gerry), a Delegate and a
Representative from Massachusetts and a Vice President of the
United States; born in Marblehead, Mass., July 17, 1744; pursued
classical studies and graduated from Harvard College in 1762;
engaged in commercial pursuits; member, colonial house of
representatives 1772-1775; Member of the Continental Congress
1776-1780 and 1783-1785; a signer of the Declaration of
Independence; delegate to the Constitutional Convention in
Philadelphia in 1787; refused to sign the Constitution, but
subsequently gave it his support; elected as an Anti-Administration
candidate to the First and Second Congresses (March 4, 1789-March
3, 1793); sent to France on a diplomatic mission in 1797;
unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in
1801 and again in 1812; Governor of Massachusetts 1810-1811;
elected Vice President of the United States on the ticket with
James Madison in 1812 and served from March 4, 1813, until his
death in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1814; interment in the
Congressional Cemetery.
Bibliography
Billias, George. Elbridge Gerry, Founding Father and Republican
Statesman. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1976.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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