The Constitution requires redistricting after each census, but doesn’t dictate how the districts are to be drawn. This leaves ...

In the coming months, the ghosts of Elbridge Gerry and Homer Plessy will likely stalk the land. More on them in a moment. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kansas Congressional districts are gerrymandered enough. Let’s not make it worse. (Kansas Secretary of State) Poor Elbridge Gerry.

The gerrymander was named after Founding Father and Democratic-Republican politician Elbridge Gerry. “Constantly referred to yet forgotten” sums up Gerry quite well, a paradoxical yet principled ...

The term "gerrymandering" originated from a salamander-shaped Boston district approved by Governor Elbridge Gerry. At least nine states are considering redrawing congressional maps for partisan ...

The Elbridge Gerry Chapter, NSDAR presented a donation to Devonshire Acres in May 2025. Chapter member Darlene Harnly made eight lap blankets and there was an anonymous donation from a non-member of ...

Poor Elbridge Gerry. He wasn’t even a fan of this. Toeing his party’s line, he approved a newly drawn Boston district that was lampooned as a mythological menacing-winged dragon, or salamander. While ...