Ancient Gerrymander Swamp Creature
California, Illinois and New York, be warned; the journey for legal constitutional elections is in the crosshairs, and you’re next.
By Douglas V. Gibbs —— Bio and Archives--August 11, 2025
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Elbridge Gerry, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Massachusetts, decided that something had to be done to keep him and his party in office in the Bay State. Massachusetts was deep in Alexander Hamilton’s Federalist Party territory, and the Jeffersonian Republicans wanted desperately to hold on to the little power they had in New England. So, they redrew the state senate districts in a way that sliced up Essex County, a Federalist stronghold, like a Thanksgiving goose.
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