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Elbridge Gerry (/ ˈ ɡ ɛr i / GHERR-ee; July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814) was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814. [1]
Elbridge Gerry: 1776–1780: 1783–1785 Nathaniel Gorham [13] 1782–1783; 1785–1787 John Hancock: 1775–1778: Stephen Higginson: 1783 Samuel Holten: 1778–1780: 1783–1785; 1787 Jonathan Jackson: 1782 Rufus King: 1784–1787 James Lovell: 1777–1781: 1781–1782 John Lowell: 1782 Samuel Osgood: 1781–1784 Samuel Allyne Otis: 1787 ...
The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. [1] Although the convention was intended to revise the league of states and first system of government under the Articles of Confederation, [2] the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new ...
Federalists cited the rebellion as an example of the confederation government's weaknesses, while opponents such as Elbridge Gerry, a merchant speculator and Massachusetts delegate from Essex County, thought that a federal response to the rebellion would have been even worse than that of the state. He was one of the few convention delegates who ...
Elbridge Gerry, Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King, and Caleb Strong will attend. [8] March 6 • New York elects delegates to the upcoming constitutional convention. Alexander Hamilton, John Lansing Jr., and Robert Yates will attend. [8] March 8 • South Carolina elects delegates to the upcoming constitutional convention.
John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated Elbridge Gerry, a former delegate to the United States Constitutional Convention. [1] [2] The election took place in the immediate aftermath of a narrow vote to ratify the United States Constitution, which Hancock supported and Gerry opposed.
Elbridge Gerry: 1st Governor of New York; In office July 1, 1801 – June 30, 1804 ... In 1787 Clinton was depicted on an unauthorized copper coin minted privately in ...
Elbridge Gerry. Not long after this standoff, Talleyrand sent Lucien Hauteval ("Z") to meet with Elbridge Gerry. The two men knew each other, having met in Boston in 1792. Hauteval assured Gerry of Talleyrand's sincerity in seeking peace, and encouraged him to keep the informal negotiations open. He reiterated the demands for a loan and bribe. [24]