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"The Gerry-Mander", an
editorial cartoon
from 1812 depicting the boundaries of what was considered an oddly-shaped
congressional district
in the
U.S. state
of
Massachusetts
, a process known today as
gerrymandering
. The shape was set by the state
legislature
to favor the candidates of
incumbent
Governor
Elbridge Gerry
's
Democratic-Republican Party
over those of the
Federalists
, and the term is a
portmanteau
of Gerry and
salamander
.
Artist: Elkanah Tisdale
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