George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry, William R. King, Henry Wilson and Thomas A. Hendricks died in office, and John C. Calhoun resigned.

* Social reformer Elbridge Thomas Gerry ( Class of 1857 ), founder of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ;

Elbridge Gerry was born on July 17, 1744, in Marblehead, Massachusetts, the third of twelve children.

* 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry " gerrymanders " for the first time.

First printed in March 1812, this political cartoon was drawn in reaction to the state senate electoral districts drawn by the Massachusetts legislature to favour the Democratic-Republican Party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists.

The word was created in reaction to a redrawing of Massachusetts state senate election districts under the then-governor Elbridge Gerry ( pronounced ; 1744 – 1814 ).

In 1789 when James Madison proposed to insert the word " national " in the part of the Bill of Rights providing that " no religion shall be established by law ," Elbridge Gerry told Congress that the Antifederalists had objected to the injustice of that name because they favored a federal government, while the Federalists favored " a national one.

* February 11, 1812 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry invents gerrymandering.

* November 23 – Elbridge Gerry, 5th Vice President of the United States ( b. 1744 )

* February 11 – Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry invents gerrymandering.

* July 17 – Elbridge Gerry, American politician ( d. 1814 )

Seeking a New Englander for a running mate, the caucus initially chose New Hampshire governor John Langdon to balance the ticket, but after Langdon declined due to his age, a second caucus nominated Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts for the Vice Presidency, which had been vacant since George Clinton's death a month earlier.

In response, Bergh himself, along with Elbridge T. Gerry and John D. Wright, formed the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NYSPCC ) in 1875.

Printed in 1812, this political cartoon illustrates the electoral districts drawn by the Massachusetts legislature to favor the incumbent Democratic-Republican party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists, from which the term gerrymander is derived.

Essex County is famous as the area that Elbridge Gerry ( who was born and raised in Marblehead ) districted into a salamander-like shape in 1812 that gave rise to the word gerrymandering.

Saltonstall's landing spot in Watertown, also known as Elbridge Gerry Landing

The town is named after Elbridge Gerry, a Vice-President of the U. S.

The town was originally called the " Town of Gerrysville " after Vice-President Elbridge Gerry.

* Elbridge Gerry, U. S. Vice President ( 1813-4 ) for whom the term gerrymander was named

* Peter G. Gerry, U. S. Senator from Rhode Island, grandson of Elbridge Gerry

Despite the intensive military operations, apparently no serious thought was given stripping Madison of his powers and duties temporarily, perhaps partly because his Vice President, Elbridge Gerry, also was in poor health and nearing age 70.

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Elbridge Gerry, President of the Senate

* November 23, 1814: Vice President Elbridge Gerry died

Elbridge Trask ( July 15, 1815-June 23, 1863 ) was an American fur trapper and mountain man in the Oregon Country.

Elmwood, also known as the Oliver-Gerry-Lowell House, is a registered historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its several prominent former residents, including: Andrew Oliver ( 1706 – 74 ), royal Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts ; Elbridge Gerry ( 1744 – 1814 ), signer of the US Declaration of Independence and whose political tactics earned the term gerrymandering, and Vice President of the United States ; and James Russell Lowell ( 1819 – 1891 ), noted American writer, poet, and foreign diplomat.

* March 18 – William Elbridge Sewell, American naval officer and Governor of Guam ( b. 1851 )

* November 16 – William Elbridge Sewell, American naval officer and Governor of Guam ( d. 1904 )

* Elbridge – A village in the central part of the township.

* Farmington Hill – A village in the east-central part of the township, about two miles east of Elbridge.

The company, which was founded in 1973 by Henry Beck, employs 1, 000 people worldwide – 500 at the Elbridge plant alone.

* Elbridge – The Village of Elbridge near the center of the town at the junction of NY-5 and NY-317.

* Elbridge Gerry House, NYC, 1891 – 94 Newport, Rhode Island,

* Elbridge G. Spaulding ( 1809 – 1897 ), American politician -- Buffalo, New York

Elbridge Gerry ( 1813 – 1886 ) was an American lawyer, who served as a U. S. Congressman from Maine from 1849 to 1851.

Elbridge Amos Stuart ( 1856 in North Carolina – 1944 ) was an American milk industrialist and creator of Carnation evaporated milk and its famous slogan, that it came from " Contented Cows ".

Elbridge " Al " Bryant ( September 28, 1939 – October 26, 1975 ) was an American tenor, and one of the founding members of Motown singing group The Temptations.

Elbridge Gerry Lapham ( October 18, 1814January 8, 1890 ) was a U. S. Senator from New York from 1881 – 1885.

Elected to the Third United States Congress ( March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 ), replacing Elbridge Gerry.

* President: Elbridge Gerry ( DR ), until November 23, 1814, thereafter vacant.

He was also the " Acting Vice President ", or next in line to the presidency, from November 25, 1814, two days after the death of Vice President Elbridge Gerry, to March 4, 1817.