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Hace 1 día · Delegates at the Constitutional Convention who shared their views were Virginians George Mason and Edmund Randolph and Massachusetts representative Elbridge Gerry, the three delegates who refused to sign the final document.
Hace 13 horas · Elbridge Gerry wrote the most popular Anti-Federalist tract, "Hon. Mr. Gerry's Objections", which went through 46 printings; the essay particularly focused on the lack of a bill of rights in the proposed Constitution. Many were concerned that a strong national government was a threat to individual rights and that the President would become a king
Hace 2 días · Hoping to shore up his support in the Northeast, where the War of 1812 was unpopular, Madison selected Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts as his running mate, though Gerry would only survive two years after the election due to advanced old age.
Hace 1 día · Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts and Roger Sherman of Connecticut feared the people were too easily misled by demagogues and that popular election could lead to mob rule and anarchy. Pierce Butler of South Carolina believed that only wealthy men of property could be trusted with political power.
Hace 3 días · Signature. John Caldwell Calhoun ( / kælˈhuːn /; [1] March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners.
Hace 2 días · Liberalism portal. United States portal. v. t. e. The Republican Party, retroactively called the Democratic-Republican Party (a term coined by historians and political scientists), and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, [a] was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the ...
Hace 2 días · Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican) 30.9% Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic-Republican) 28.6% Second ballot (January 17, 1795): Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic-Republican) 49.4% Samuel Dexter (Federalist) 48.8% Scattering 1.8% Third ballot (March 23, 1795):
