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  2. XYZ Affair - Wikipedia

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    The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, ... Elbridge Gerry was placed in a difficult position upon his return to the United States ...

  3. Elbridge Gerry - Wikipedia

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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]

  4. Category:Elbridge Gerry - Wikipedia

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    Elbridge Gerry; 0–9. ... XYZ Affair This page was last edited on 18 November 2024, at 21:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  5. List of ambassadors of the United States to France - Wikipedia

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    The members of the commission — Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry — were all accredited with the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. [1] French officials demanded a bribe before they would commence negotiations, scuttling the mission in the XYZ Affair.

  6. Democratic-Republican Party - Wikipedia

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    The failure of talks, and the French demand for bribes in what became known as the XYZ Affair, outraged the American public and led to the Quasi-War, an undeclared naval war between France and the United States.

  7. Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    Elmwood, also known as the Oliver-Gerry-Lowell House, [2] is a historic house and centerpiece of a National Historic Landmark District in Cambridge, Massachusetts.It is known for several prominent former residents, including: Thomas Oliver (1734–1815), royal Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts; Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), signer of the US Declaration of Independence, Vice President of the ...

  8. Elbridge Thomas Gerry - Wikipedia

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    Elbridge Thomas Gerry (December 25, 1837 – February 18, 1927), usually called "Commodore" Gerry due to the office he held with the New York Yacht Club from 1886 to 1892, was an American lawyer and reformer. His paternal grandfather was U.S. Vice President Elbridge Gerry.

  9. 1797 - Wikipedia

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    October 18 – The XYZ Affair inflames tensions between France and the United States when American negotiators Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry meet with French government representatives Jean-Conrad Hottinguer, Pierre Bellamy and Lucien Hauteval and are told that a treaty between France and the U.S. will require ...