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What was Gerry famous for in Elbridge Gerry's early career?
Gerry was from an early time a vocal opponent of Parliamentary efforts to tax the colonies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763.
Why was he so opposed to taxes?
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Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
However, an incident of mob action prompted him to resign from the committee the next year.
What happened with the mob?
the local population led to protests which escalated into violence that wrecked the facilities and threatened the proprietors' other properties.
Did Gerry have anything to do with that incident?
Gerry and other prominent Marbleheaders had established a hospital for performing smallpox inoculations on Cat Island; because the means of transmission of the disease were not known.
Did the hospital and inoculations help?
because the means of transmission of the disease were not known at the time, fears amongst the local population led to protests.
How did the protests go?
which escalated into violence that wrecked the facilities and threatened the proprietors' other properties.
Did he take down the hospital?
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Any other controversies with Gerry?
He was elected as a representative to the First Continental Congress in September 1774.

Question: How long did he hold office?
Self-contained rewrite: How long did Elbridge Gerry hold office?