 | 1885 - 724 pagine
...such constructions, an adverbial adjunct of the verb it follows. — ED. Q. 12, p. 84. — The term is derived from the name of Governor Gerry, of Massachusetts,...readjusting the representative districts so as to favor the Democrats and weaken the Federalists, although the last-named party polled nearly two-thirds... | |
 | 1885 - 686 pagine
...such constructions, an adverbial adjunct of the verb it follows. — ED. Q. 12, p. 84. — The term is derived from the name of Governor Gerry, of Massachusetts,...readjusting the representative districts so as to favor the Democrats and weaken the Federalists, although the last-named party polled nearly two-thirds... | |
 | John Duncan Quackenbos - 1896 - 492 pagine
...calker's house, where the ship calkers' club met at Boston in Revolutionary times) ; gerrymander (g hard) (from the name of Governor Gerry of Massachusetts,...signed a bill readjusting the representative districts with a view to defeating the Federalists) ; stoop, equivalent to porch, adopted from Dutch settlers... | |
 | Louise Pound - 1914 - 66 pagine
...in New WI From gallop -f- triumph. /., etc. In its American and original meaning the word signifies to arrange the electoral subdivisions of a state to...a bill readjusting the representative districts so to as favor the democrats and weaken the Federalists, although the last named party polled nearly two... | |
 | Friedrich Depken - 1914 - 194 pagine
...Wr. DD But see also Cent., New W. /., etc. In its American and original meaning the word signifies to arrange the electoral subdivisions of a st'ate...a bill readjusting the representative districts so to as favor the democrats and weaken the Federalists, although the last named party polled nearly two... | |
 | William Safire - 2008 - 888 pagine
...this dictionary — and gave this etymology: The term is derived from the name of Governor [Elbridge] Gerry, of Massachusetts, who, in 1811, signed a bill...readjusting the representative districts so as to favor the Democrats and weaken the Federalists, although the last named party polled nearly two-thirds... | |
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Federalists, although the last-named party polled nearly twothirds of the votes cast. A fancied resemblance of a map of the districts thus treated led Stuart, the painter, to add a few lines with his pencil, and say to Mr. Russell, editor of the Boston... 