Cartoon, "The Gerry-Mander", 1813
date: label: Date made
content: 1813
notes: label: Description
content: The “Gerry-Mander” cartoon first appeared in the Boston Gazette, March 26, 1812, and was quickly reprinted in Federalist newspapers in Salem (this copy is from the Salem Gazette from April 2, 1813) and Boston. The cartoon expressed opposition to state election districts newly redrawn by Massachusetts’ Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican Party, led by Governor Elbridge Gerry. Fearing that the Federalist Party would gain power in the 1812 election, Gerry consolidated Federalist voting strength in a salamander-shaped voting district. The practice—though not invented by Gerry—became known as a “gerrymandering.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Honorable Michael V. DiSalle in memory of Thomas H. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.305360.101
label: catalog number
content: 305360.101
label: accession number
content: 305360
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Newspaper
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 11 1/4 in; 48.26 cm x 28.575 cm