The Gerry-Mander Edit - coin, public domain photograph
Summary
Original cartoon of "The Gerry-Mander", this is the political cartoon that led to the coining of the term Gerrymander. The district depicted in the cartoon was created by Massachusetts legislature to favor the incumbent Democratic-Republican party candidates of Governor Elbridge Gerry over the Federalists in 1812.
Date
1812
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain