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The word gerrymander was reprinted numerous times in Federalist newspapers in Massachusetts, New England, and nationwide during the remainder of 1812. Gerrymandering soon began to be used to describe not only the original Massachusetts example, but also other cases of district-shape manipulation for partisan gain in other states.
Since the eponymous Gerry is pronounced with a hard g /ɡ/ as in get, the word gerrymander was originally pronounced / ˈ ɡ ɛr i m æ n d ər /, but pronunciation as / ˈ dʒ ɛr i m æ n d ər /, with a soft g /dʒ/ as in gentle, has become dominant. Residents of Marblehead, Massachusetts, Gerry's hometown, continue to use the original ...
The Gerry-Mander (1812) Elkanah Tisdale (1768 – May 1, 1835) [1] was an American engraver, miniature painter and cartoonist.He was known for the famous cartoon "The Gerry-Mander", published in the Boston Gazette on March 26, 1812, which led to the coining of the term gerrymandering.
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up the fight over Louisiana’s congressional map, which has erupted into a messy legal battle over how to fix a racially gerrymandered design. The ...
Gerrymandering was supposed to be cured by redistricting reform. No chance. It’s still alive and well in California. That was evident in the just-completed once-a-decade redrawing of California ...
The new maps followed a change in the balance of the state Supreme Court from a 4-3 conservative majority to a 4-3 liberal edge after Janet Protasiewicz won a seat last year following the ...
Original - Original cartoon of "The Gerry-Mander", this is the political cartoon that led to the coining of the term Gerrymander.The district depicted in the cartoon was created by Massachusetts legislature to favor the incumbent Democratic-Republican party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists in 1812.