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current17:58, 3 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 17:58, 3 January 20171,764 × 1,847 (697 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Original cartoon of "The Gerry-Mander", this is the political cartoon that led to the coining of the term <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymander" class="extiw" title="en:Gerrymander">Gerrymander</a>. The district depicted in the cartoon was created by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="en:Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" class="extiw" title="en:Massachusetts General Court">legislature</a> to favor the incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican" class="extiw" title="en:Democratic-Republican">Democratic-Republican</a> party candidates of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" class="extiw" title="en:Governor of Massachusetts">Governor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry" class="extiw" title="en:Elbridge Gerry">Elbridge Gerry</a> over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Party" class="extiw" title="en:Federalist Party">Federalists</a> in 1812.
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