Massachusetts Historical Society database entry on the 1812 origin of the term gerrymander, naming Governor Elbridge Gerry and artist Elkanah Tisdale.
Facts
PublisherMassachusetts Historical Society
URLhttps://www.masshist.org/database/1765
Reliability Tier1
Sources
Massachusetts Historical Society: The Gerrymander
Claims Backed By This Source (6 claims)
This source backs 6 claims across the atlas. As facts: 4 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Political Mechanisms, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
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