Vice President under James Madison March 4, 1813 until his death on November 23, 1814
GERRY, Elbridge, (grandfather
of Elbridge Gerry [1813-1886] and great-grandfather of Peter Goelet Gerry), a
Delegate and a Representative from Massachusetts and a Vice President of the
United States; born in Marblehead, Mass., July 17, 1744; pursued classical
studies and graduated from Harvard College in 1762; engaged in commercial
pursuits; member, colonial house of representatives 1772-1775; Member of the
Continental Congress 1776-1780 and 1783-1785; a signer of the Declaration of
Independence; delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787;
refused to sign the instrument, but subsequently gave it his support; elected to
the First and Second Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1793); sent to France on
a diplomatic mission in 1797; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts in 1801 and again in 1812; Governor of Massachusetts 1810-1811;
elected Vice President of the United States on the ticket with James Madison in
1812 and served from March 4, 1813, until his death in Washington, D.C., on
November 23, 1814; interment in the Congressional Cemetery.- -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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