Elbridge Gerry

By Government Printing Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000082175
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.5 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Elbridge Gerry
Author:	Government Printing Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Printing Office
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Government Reference Publication

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Excerpt: Elbridge Gerry, who was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, was a U.S. representative and the fifth vice president of the United States. He originally joined the family mercantile and shipping business, and later became involved in anti-British activity. He supported the revolutionary activist Samuel Adams and served as a member of the Massachusetts Committee of Correspondence, the first and second Provincial Congresses, and the Committee of Safety. In 1776 Gerry was elected as a member of the second Continental Congress, a position he held almost continuously for 10 years. He signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. As a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Gerry feared an overly powerful central government and refused to sign the new federal Constitution. Following the document’s ratification, however, he pledged his support.

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