[EL] "Monstrous Gerrymander" mistake

[Douglas Johnson]

I'm disappointed to see a mistake in the Library of Congress blog post, and
unfortunately that mistake is in the part of the post quoted here.  It says
"Gerry did not win the 1812 election for his home district." But Gerry was
the Governor, not a legislator running for "his home district." In fact,
Gerry ran (and won) for Vice President of the United States in 1812.

 

*	Doug

 

Douglas Johnson, Ph.D.

Fellow, Rose Institute of State and Local Government

at Claremont McKenna College

douglas.johnson at cmc.edu

direct: 310-200-2058

 

 

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu
[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Rick
Hasen
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 7:28 AM
To: Election Law <law-election at uci.edu>
Subject: [EL] ELB News and Commentary 2/13/17

 


 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91050> "Elbridge Gerry and the Monstrous
Gerrymander"


Posted on  <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91050> February 11, 2017 6:26 pm
by  <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> Rick Hasen

 
<http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/02/elbridge-gerry-and-the-monstrous-gerrymand
er/> New blog post at the Library of Congress:

Gerrymandering is a current political topic today; as always, it is usually
initiated by the incumbents to retain or increase their power. When
gerrymandering is taught in U.S. history classes, it is likely students will
be shown a picture of the original political cartoon drawn by
<https://web.archive.org/web/20120424000154/http:/www.bostonmapsociety.org:8
0/0708MapOfTheMonth.html> Elkanah Tisdale for the Gazette and held here at
the Library of Congress. Gerry did not win the 1812 election for his home
district despite the reapportionment. He did, however, go on to become James
Madison's second vice president later in 1812.

 
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