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Brewster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#232.13.12">Gerry Brooks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#166.12.62">Elbridge Gerry Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrne.html#451.97.47">Gerry Byrne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coffinburg-cohelan.html#515.42.48">Gerry Cofield</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohen.html#233.07.35">Gerry Cohen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooney-coop.html#500.29.21">Gerry Coonley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dalzell-damrow.html#108.28.16">Gerry D'Amico</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis3.html#161.62.44">Elbridge Gerry Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#709.87.90">Alfred Gerry Fairbanks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/finn-firth.html#372.39.30">Gerry Finnegan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galland-gallman.html#664.37.00">Waldemar John Gallman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gayle-geerlings.html#331.17.27">Gerry Geer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#920.10.00">Gerry Whiting Hazelton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/higginson-hilger.html#575.15.70">Gerry Hildenbrand</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#742.49.41">Gerry Kamilos</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#130.27.07">Elbridge Gerry Lapham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montgomery.html#924.42.76">Gerry Biggs Montgomery</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mosbacher-moser.html#022.15.69">Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nevin-newel.html#365.78.03">Gerry L. Newby</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#781.89.94">Gerry B. Nutting</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#945.42.00">Gerry Parsky</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearis-pearsell.html#401.49.23">Eldridge Gerry Pearl</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/purcell.html#704.59.92">Gerry Purcell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sena-serphin.html#134.84.12">Gerry Senda</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simmons.html#987.24.79">Mrs. Gerry Simmons</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#236.65.24">Elbridge Gerry Spaulding</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#773.54.04">Gerry Eastman Studds</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#194.23.84">Gerry Wahlheim</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#480.41.00">Gerry Welch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#906.55.89">D. Gerry Wellington</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="828.98.95">Gerry, Ann</a> (1763-1849)</b> — also known as <b>Ann Thompson</b> — Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/08-12.html">August 12, 1763</a>. First Lady of Massachusetts, 1810-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/second.html">Second Lady of the United States</a>, 1813-14. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-died.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/03-17.html">March 17, 1849</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 217 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-buried.html#cms00467">Grove Street Cemetery</a>, New Haven, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of James Thompson and Catharine (Walton) Thompson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/01-12.html">January 12, 1786</a>, to <a href="#546.21.44">Elbridge Gerry</a>; grandmother of <a href="#408.44.64">Elbridge Thomas Gerry</a>; great-grandmother of <a href="#343.32.14">Peter Goelet Gerry</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0065.html">Tallmadge-Floyd family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann Gerry">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/13378837">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=37762">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="918.80.77">Gerry, Arthur P.</a></b> — of Gilford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/BE-lived.html">Belknap County</a>, N.H. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/cncnd.html">Delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention</a> from Gilford, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="552.00.22">Gerry, C. H.</a></b> — of York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/PA.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gerry, Commodore:</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#408.44.64">Elbridge Thomas Gerry</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="969.59.71">Gerry, Curtis</a></b> — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/ME.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="271.94.72">Gerry, David M.</a></b> — of Williamsport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LY-lived.html">Lycoming County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LY-parties.html">Chair of Lycoming County Democratic Party</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gerry, E. Peabody</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#580.10.00">Edwin Peabody Gerry</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/580/10.00.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="E. Peabody Gerry"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="580.10.00">Gerry, Edwin Peabody</a> (1846-1911)</b> — also known as <b>E. Peabody Gerry</b> — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Born in Standish, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/11-02.html">November 2, 1846</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/boston.html">mayor of Boston, Mass.</a>, 1903. Died in Phillipston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-died.html">Worcester County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-22.html">June 22, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 232 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-buried.html#cms00204">Mt. Auburn Cemetery</a>, Cambridge, Mass. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Edwin Jerome Gerry and Sophia J. (Goodwin) Gerry.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Gerry <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Hall</a> (opened 1962, demolished 2007), at Dartmouth <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">College</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/GR-names.html">Hanover, New Hampshire</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/72662987">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Boston Globe, September 16, 1904</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="546.21.44">Gerry, Elbridge</a> (1744-1814)</b> — of Cambridge, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Born in Marblehead, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/07-17.html">July 17, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts</a>, 1776-80, 1782-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Declaration of Independence</a>, 1776; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">signer, Articles of Confederation</a>, 1777; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/sthse.html">Massachusetts state house of representatives</a>, 1786; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/founders.html">member, U.S. Constitutional Convention</a>, 1787; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Massachusetts</a> 3rd District, 1789-93; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Massachusetts</a>, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1813-14; died in office 1814. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. The word <i>gerrymander</i> ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined to describe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his party created in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/11-23.html">November 23, 1814</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html# ">Constitution Gardens</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Gerry and Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Gerry; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1786/01-12.html">January 12, 1786</a>, to <a href="#828.98.95">Ann Gerry</a>; grandfather of <a href="#408.44.64">Elbridge Thomas Gerry</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="#343.32.14">Peter Goelet Gerry</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#954.69.03">Levi Lincoln</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#300.55.99">Levi Lincoln Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#019.12.46">Enoch Lincoln</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-names.html">Elbridge, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-names.html">Gerry, New York</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">town</a> of Gerry (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/WO-names.html">Phillipston, Massachusetts</a>), was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a> until 1812.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Other politicians named for him:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#418.87.03">Elbridge G. Baldwin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knowles-knowlton.html#151.63.46">Elbridge G. Knowlton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#289.93.12">Elbridge G. Creacraft</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#236.65.24">Elbridge G. Spaulding</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#046.07.12">Elbridge G. Gale</a> — <a href="#392.56.33">Elbridge Gerry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html#130.27.07">Elbridge G. Lapham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearis-pearsell.html#401.49.23">Eldridge Gerry Pearl</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moulton.html#556.76.85">Elbridge G. Moulton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#939.41.20">Elbridge G. Cracraft</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelley.html#929.58.95">Elbridge G. Kelley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#306.02.62">Elbridge G. Haynes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown3.html#166.12.62">Elbridge G. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis3.html#161.62.44">Elbridge G. Davis</a> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000139">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404507">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/elbridge-gerry/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge Gerry">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/640/000050490">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/388">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19952">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books about Elbridge Gerry:</i> George Athan Billias, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0070052697/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0070052697&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Elbridge Gerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="392.56.33">Gerry, Elbridge</a> (1813-1886)</b> — of Waterford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-lived.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine; Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine. Born in Waterford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-born.html">Oxford County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/12-06.html">December 6, 1813</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/OX-officials.html">Oxford County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1842-45; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a>, 1846; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 1st District, 1849-51. Died in Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/04-10.html">April 10, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 125 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/CU-buried.html#cms00431">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Portland, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="#546.21.44">Elbridge Gerry</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Peter Gerry and Mary 'Polly' (Cutler) Gerry; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/11-22.html">November 22, 1849</a>, to Anna St. Clair Jenness (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkinson-jenning.html#754.32.87">Richard Jenness</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/43909.html">Jenness family</a> of Deerfield, New Hampshire.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000138">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404508">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge Gerry (Maine politician)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/21129">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="408.44.64">Gerry, Elbridge Thomas</a> (1837-1927)</b> — also known as <b>Elbridge T. Gerry</b>; <b>"Commodore Gerry"</b> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Charlestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/12-25.html">December 25, 1837</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to New York state constitutional convention</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">founder</a> and president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (said to be the "parent of all child protective organizations in the world"); governor of New York <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hospital-biz.html">Hospital</a>, 1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment (replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, New York <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Life Insurance</a> Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on Insanity, 1892. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the Revolution</a>. Broke his hip in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fall</a>, and died two weeks later, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-18.html">February 18, 1927</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 55 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-buried.html#cms02560">St. James Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Hyde Park, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Russell Gerry and Hannah Green (Goelet) Gerry; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/">1867</a> to Louisa Matilda Livingston (great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#035.70.56">Morgan Lewis</a>); father of <a href="#343.32.14">Peter Goelet Gerry</a>; grandson of <a href="#546.21.44">Elbridge Gerry</a> and <a href="#828.98.95">Ann Gerry</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godfroy-goetz.html#618.38.30">Robert Walton Goelet</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#954.69.03">Levi Lincoln</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#300.55.99">Levi Lincoln Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#019.12.46">Enoch Lincoln</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0083.html">Lincoln-Lee family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0228.html">Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family</a> of Massachusetts (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge Thomas Gerry">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18151532">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=179375">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="320.16.65">Gerry, Harvey S.</a></b> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html ">Buenos Aires</a>, as of 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PG-consuls.html ">Asuncion</a>, as of 1927. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="575.55.60">Gerry, James</a> (1796-1873)</b> — of Shrewsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. Born near Rising Sun, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CE-born.html">Cecil County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/08-14.html">August 14, 1796</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 11th District, 1839-43. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Died in Shrewsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-died.html">York County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/07-19.html">July 19, 1873</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 339 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-buried.html#cms03637">Lutheran Cemetery</a>, Shrewsbury, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Gerry (1766-1825) and Florah (Low) Gerry; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/">1830</a> to Sarah Salome Hoffman.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000140">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404509">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="822.09.27">Gerry, James O.</a></b> — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, N.H. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 5th District, 1911-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NH.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NH.html">1920</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NH.html">1924</a> (alternate). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="984.78.02">Gerry, John Francis</a> (1925-1995)</b> — of New Jersey. Born in Camden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-born.html">Camden County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/11-17.html">November 17, 1925</a>. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; superior court judge in New Jersey, 1973-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for New Jersey</a>, 1975-94. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver-cancer.html">liver cancer</a>, in Moorestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BU-died.html">Burlington County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/03-10.html">March 10, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 113 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Francis P. Gerry and Grace (Hendrickson) Gerry; married to Jean Elberson.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="195.02.93">Gerry, Louise Cuyler</a> (1883-1962)</b> — also known as <b>Louise C. Gerry</b> — of Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Snyder, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y.; Robbinston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Maine. Born in Robbinston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/06-12.html">June 12, 1883</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zonta.html">Zonta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>. Died in Robbinston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/06-21.html">June 21, 1962</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 9 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/WA-buried.html# ">Brewer Cemetery</a>, Robbinston, Maine. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Daughter of Elbridge Joseph Gerry and Sophia Teresa (Jones) Gerry.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/119235154">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="117.07.00">Gerry, Melville B.</a></b> — of Colorado. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Colorado state supreme court</a>, 1888-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gerry, Peabody</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#580.10.00">Edwin Peabody Gerry</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="343.32.14">Gerry, Peter Goelet</a> (1879-1957)</b> — also known as <b>Peter G. Gerry</b> — of Newport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/NE-lived.html">Newport County</a>, R.I.; Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, R.I.; Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-lived.html">Providence County</a>, R.I. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/09-18.html">September 18, 1879</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/RI.html">1912</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/RI.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/RI.html">1932</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Rhode Island</a> 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Rhode Island</a>, 1917-29, 1935-47; defeated, 1928, 1930; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/RI.html">Democratic National Committee from Rhode Island</a>, 1932-36. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Died in Providence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/PR-died.html">Providence County</a>, R.I., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/10-31.html">October 31, 1957</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 43 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-buried.html#cms02560">St. James Episcopal Churchyard</a>, Hyde Park, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Louisa Matilda (Livingston) Gerry and <a href="#408.44.64">Elbridge Thomas Gerry</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-26.html">May 26, 1910</a>, to Mathilde Townsend (who later married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#914.91.32">Benjamin Sumner Welles</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-22.html">October 22, 1925</a>, to Edith Stuyvesant (Dresser) Vanderbilt; great-grandson of <a href="#546.21.44">Elbridge Gerry</a>, <a href="#828.98.95">Ann Gerry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#477.65.60">Maturin Livingston</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#753.05.32">Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#035.70.56">Morgan Lewis</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#374.55.91">Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#709.51.14">Edward Livingston</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis3.html#767.59.67">Francis Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#283.29.67">Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775)</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#537.76.51">Robert Livingston the Younger</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#876.54.52">Robert Livingston (1688-1775)</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#199.37.38">John Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#449.58.55">Gilbert Livingston</a>; fifth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#467.87.25">Robert Livingston the Elder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#893.32.40">Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724)</a>; fifth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#649.30.19">Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747)</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#985.46.99">Jeremiah Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#986.83.99">Robert Van Rensselaer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#363.29.89">James Livingston</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#595.88.73">Robert Livingston (1708-1790)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#875.08.45">Peter Van Brugh Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#825.93.31">Robert Gilbert Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#879.66.25">Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#553.65.72">William Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#364.47.63">Philip P. Schuyler</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#993.49.53">Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746)</a>; first cousin seven times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#751.52.30">David Davidse Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#889.34.79">Myndert Davidtse Schuyler</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godfroy-goetz.html#618.38.30">Robert Walton Goelet</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#018.20.63">Ogden Livingston Mills</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godfroy-goetz.html#067.87.06">Peter Goelet</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#764.34.99">Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#637.48.52">John Jacob Astor III</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#048.03.47">Benjamin Tallmadge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#474.51.31">Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#631.01.66">Philip Jeremiah Schuyler</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#110.29.78">Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#336.45.81">Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#760.25.09">Philip Peter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#029.55.69">Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#806.45.69">Philip Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#055.73.86">Henry Brockholst Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#916.88.18">Peter Samuel Schuyler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#718.86.91">Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#867.40.08">Stephanus Bayard</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#833.17.87">Pierre Van Cortlandt</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#244.80.26">Philip John Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#933.33.90">Matthew Clarkson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#577.91.97">Stephen John Schuyler</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#784.43.99">William Waldorf Astor</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#291.10.40">Philip Schuyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#279.13.10">James Alexander Hamilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#594.74.07">Frederick Augustus Tallmadge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#784.46.42">Gerrit Smith</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#969.35.25">Elizabeth Cady Stanton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lincoln.html#954.69.03">Levi Lincoln</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#860.08.93">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#801.86.15">Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#700.80.53">Henry Walter Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#158.71.62">Peter Augustus Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/westcott-westmoreland.html#800.41.06">Rensselaer Westerlo</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#095.75.00">Edward Philip Livingston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#983.62.80">William Alexander Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#671.54.97">John Duer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jasen-jeffreys.html#014.71.43">William Jay</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#610.32.40">Charles Ludlow Livingston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#752.77.27">Hamilton Fish</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#251.93.32">William Astor Chanler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#607.06.15">Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#197.26.24">Robert Reginald Livingston</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vann-vanvorhis.html#619.37.87">Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1232.html">VanRensselaer family</a> of Albany, New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000141">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404510">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter G. Gerry">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8937">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="306.70.72">Gerry, Robert</a></b> — of Ellsworth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-lived.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/ellsworth.html">Mayor of Ellsworth, Maine</a>, 1896. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="436.92.64">Gerry, Thomas R.</a></b> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-consuls.html ">Malaga</a>, as of 1899-1904. 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