[EL] "Monstrous Gerrymander" mistake

[Rob Richie]

Intrestingly, Gerry lost the governor's race in 1812 to Caleb Strong,
allegedly in part due to controversy over the partisan nature of the
redistricting plan. That happened earlier in the year -- before the 1840's
election dates were quite erratic and irregular, and the presidential
selection process where Madison won  with Gerry was after the state
election in Massachusetts.

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Douglas Johnson <djohnson at ndcresearch.com>
wrote:

> 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.
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>    - Doug
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> Douglas Johnson, Ph.D.
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> Fellow, Rose Institute of State and Local Government
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> at Claremont McKenna College
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> douglas.johnson at cmc.edu
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> direct: 310-200-2058 <(310)%20200-2058>
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> *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
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> “Elbridge Gerry and the Monstrous Gerrymander”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91050>
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> Posted on February 11, 2017 6:26 pm <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91050>
> by *Rick Hasen* <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
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> New blog post
> <http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/02/elbridge-gerry-and-the-monstrous-gerrymander/>
>  at the Library of Congress:
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> *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 Elkanah
> Tisdale
> <https://web.archive.org/web/20120424000154/http:/www.bostonmapsociety.org:80/0708MapOfTheMonth.html> 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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