Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814) — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 17,1744.Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1776-80, 1782-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1786;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1789-93;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1810-12; defeated, 1801, 1812;VicePresident of the United States, 1813-14; died in office 1814.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.The wordgerrymander ("Gerry" plus "salamander") was coined todescribe an oddly shaped Massachusetts senate district his partycreated in 1811, and later came to mean any unfair districting.Died inWashington,D.C.,November23, 1814 (age70 years, 129days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Gerry and Elizabeth (Greenleaf) Gerry; brother ofSamuelRussell Gerry; married,January12, 1786, toAnnThompson; grandfather ofElbridgeThomas Gerry; great-grandfather ofPeterGoelet Gerry; third cousin ofLeviLincoln; third cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr. andEnochLincoln. | | | | Political family:Gerryfamily of Marblehead, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofElbridge,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofGerry, NewYork, isnamed forhim. — Thetownof Gerry (nowPhillipston,Massachusetts), wasnamed forhim until 1812. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Elbridge Gerry (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ElbridgeG. Baldwin—ElbridgeG. Knowlton—ElbridgeG. Creacraft—ElbridgeG. Spaulding—ElbridgeG. Gale—ElbridgeGerry—ElbridgeG. Lapham—EldridgeGerry Pearl—ElbridgeG. Moulton—ElbridgeG. Cracraft—ElbridgeG. Kelley—ElbridgeG. Haynes—ElbridgeG. Brown—ElbridgeG. Davis | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Elbridge Gerry: GeorgeAthan Billias,ElbridgeGerry, Founding Father and Republican Statesman |
| | Samuel Russell Gerry (1750-1807) — also known asSamuel R. Gerry — of Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 27,1750.U.S.Collector of Customs at Marblehead, Mass., Massachusetts,1790-1802.Died in Marblehead,EssexCounty, Mass.,February22, 1807 (age56 years, 210days).Interment atOld Burial Hill Cemetery, Marblehead, Mass.  | Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October16, 1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90,Dutchess County 1791-92);New Yorkstate attorney general, 1791-92; appointed 1791;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1792-1801;Governor ofNew York, 1804-07; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati;Freemasons.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 7,1844 (age89 years, 174days).Interment atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y. | | | Ann Gerry (1763-1849) — also known asAnn Thompson — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1763.First Lady of Massachusetts, 1810-12;Second Ladyof the United States, 1813-14.Female.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March17, 1849 (age85 years, 217days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1837-1927) — also known asElbridge T. Gerry;"CommodoreGerry" —of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charlestown,WashingtonCounty, R.I.,December25, 1837.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867;founderand president, New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty toChildren (said to be the "parent of all child protectiveorganizations in the world"); governor of New YorkHospital,1878-1912; chairman, New York State Commission on Capital Punishment(replaced hanging with the electric chair), 1886-88; trustee, NewYorkLifeInsurance Co.; chairman, New York City Commission on Insanity,1892.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution.Broke his hip in afall, anddied two weeks later, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1927 (age89 years, 55days).Entombed atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y. | | Peter Goelet Gerry (1879-1957) — also known asPeter G. Gerry — of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.; Warwick,KentCounty, R.I.; Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1879.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island,1912(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1916(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1932;U.S.Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1913-15; defeated,1914;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1917-29, 1935-47; defeated, 1928,1930; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Rhode Island, 1932-36.Episcopalian.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,October31, 1957 (age78 years, 43days).Interment atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Louisa Matilda (Livingston) Gerry andElbridgeThomas Gerry; married,May 26,1910, to Mathilde Townsend (who later marriedBenjaminSumner Welles); married,October22, 1925, to Edith Stuyvesant (Dresser) Vanderbilt;great-grandson ofElbridgeGerry,AnnGerry andMaturinLivingston; great-grandnephew ofSamuelRussell Gerry andPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847); second great-grandson ofMorganLewis; second great-grandnephew ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813) andEdwardLivingston; third great-grandson ofFrancisLewis andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Younger andRobertLivingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; fifth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); fifth great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin four times removed ofJeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofRobertWalton Goelet andOgdenLivingston Mills; second cousin once removed ofPeterGoelet; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859) andJohnJacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminTallmadge,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer andPhilipJeremiah Schuyler; second cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler andPierreVan Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson andStephenJohn Schuyler; third cousin once removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,FrederickAugustus Tallmadge,GerritSmith andElizabethCady Stanton; third cousin thrice removed ofLeviLincoln,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston andHamiltonFish; fourth cousin ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson andRobertReginald Livingston; fourth cousin once removed ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer. | | | | Political family:Gerryfamily of Marblehead, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Walton Goelet (1880-1941) — also known asRobert W. Goelet;BertieGoelet —of Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March19, 1880.Republican. One of New York's wealthiest men, he inherited $60million by 1902; director ofbanks, theRitz-CarltonHotelCorporation, and the Union PacificRailroad;Republican Presidential Elector for Rhode Island,1909(voted forWilliamH. Taft andJamesS. Sherman); delegate to Republican National Convention fromRhode Island,1932,1936.FrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died, of aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1941 (age61 years, 44days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Benjamin Sumner Welles (1892-1961) — also known asSumner Welles — of Oxon Hill,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October14, 1892.Democrat. U.S. Ambassador toCuba, 1933; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaryland,1936,1940;U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937-43.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations.DiedSeptember24, 1961 (age68 years, 345days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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