Gerrymander

gerrymander English Verb en gerrymander. en 28 December 1812 New-York Evening Post 3248 New York, N.Y. [3] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38056735/ 1 9485473 The latter attempted (at June Session) to provide for the appointment of Madisonian Electors by the Legislature; they attempted also to Gerrymander the State for the choice of Representatives to Congress; 8 April 1813 Boston Gazette Boston, Mass. 8984084 Supplement v 412 415 2 When a man has been swindled out of his rights by a villain, he says he has been Gerrymandered. en 12 November 1850 Quincy Whig Quincy, Ill. 2 3 8810527 quoted in Gerryamnder ˈgɛrɪˌmændɚ, v. Mitford McLeod Mathews A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles Chicago, Ill. w:University of Chicago Press 1951 1956 (3rd impression) 692 https://archive.org/details/bwb_O8-BSA-532/page/692/mode/1up 2 358131 Col. Singleton is the first Whig Representative ever sent to the Legislature since the district was Gerrymandered for party purposes. 31 March 1872 Sunday Mercury New York, N.Y. 9588307 Gerryma·ndering vbl. sb IV 134 2 The Legislature of Ohio intends to prove itself a veritable master in the Gerrymandering business. Noun en gerrymander. en 23 May 1812 w:Columbian Centinel Boston, Mass. 2 3 2575-0429 10063823 quoted in +Gerrymander, n. William Alexander Craigie; James Root Hulbert A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles !II (Corn pit–Honk) Chicago, Ill. w:University of Chicago Press June 1940 1114 https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer0002crai/page/1114/mode/1up 2 2208704 The sensibility of the good people of Massachusetts is at present too much awakened to this ‘Gerrymander’ to require [etc.]. en 24 October 1812 Electors of President New-York Evening Post 3194 New York, N.Y. [2] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38055915/ 5 9485473 The Senate proposed an election by Congressional or Gerrymander districts, which was refused by the house, as a novel as well as unfair mode of election; en 27 October 1812 Choice of Electors, &c. Franklin Herald II 90 Greenfield, Mass. [2] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/835415828/ 2 2325-5730 9777964 A bill to repeal the Law for Diſtricting the State for the Choice for Senators, and Repreſentatives to Congreſs [commonly called the Gerrymander diſtricts law] paſſed to be engroſſed. en 12 November 1812 Salem Gazette The Voice of Massachusetts Is for Peace Alexandria Gazette, Commercial and Political XII 3798 Alexandria, Va. S. Snowden & J. D. Simms [3] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/836090198/ 4 2767-3251 10284160 We published our last paper under uncommon sensations of pleasure, on account of the triumph of the Friends of Peace and good principles in this Gerrymander district, formed by their opponents while they possessed the legislative power of the state, with a view to secure themselves in the senate, and control the Congressional election. 23 November 1812 Boston Gazette Boston, Mass. 8984084 Supplement sb 412 415 2 Some returns from democratic towns are not made conformable to the Gerrymander law of last February. en 29 December 1812 Connecticut Courant XLVIII 2501 Hartford, Conn. Hudson & Goodwin [3] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1105499262/ 4 11079198 Ontario County.—We have all the returns from this county, federal majority one thousand and thirty-four—It is part of a Gerrymander district, but the federal candidates we have no doubt are chosen. en 20 December 1816 The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States;with an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index. Fourteenth Congress—Second Session: Comprising the Period from December 2, 1816, to March 3, 1817, Inclusive. Compiled from Authentic Materials. Washington, D.C. Printed and published by Gales and Seaton 1854 353–354 https://archive.org/details/sim_united-states-congress-debates-and-proceedings_december-2-1816-march-3-1817/page/352/mode/1up 426248693 Gentlemen have surely heard of the Senatorial districts of Massachusetts; They were called Gerrymanders, from the name of the gentleman who was then at the head of the faction which produced the shapeless brood. en 18 May 1838 New York Commercial Effectively at Work Daily Republican Banner XXVI 1989 Nashville, Tenn. S. Nye & A. A. Hall [2] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118762593/ 2 11016048 It is also proposed to amend the law by which the agrarians cut the State into Gerrymander districts for members of Congress. en 29 September 1842 Memphis Enquirer R. E. Hammet Vicksburg Tri-Weekly Whig IV 163 Vicksburg, Miss. [2] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/224557896/ 3 2641-1776 10365636 What authority has the ‘Appeal’ for saying that the Gerrymander district in Ohio is a “whig made district of ten years standing?” en 25 October 1842 Franklin Democrat Robert Josselyn The Guard I 41 Holly Springs, Mich. front page https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/326533234/ 5 2469-4975 10112078 To accomplish this Gerrymander the districts in Massachusetts are laid off in such a form as to make the Ohio Districts perfect beauties with them—one of the Massachusetts districts is said to have thirty-nine angles and curves on its boundary line. Derived terms en Gerrymandered adjective en Gerrymandering noun en Gerrymander law historical