“Despite all this, Gerry was later elected the first Republican governor of Massachusetts and then vice president under James Madison. His lasting contribution to American politics was the invention of drawing election districts to favor incumbent politicians—a practice still called gerrymandering.”
― Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
― Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
“CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD was one of the most extraordinary and amoral men in an extraordinary and amoral time.”
― Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
― Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
“Procrastination is a failing in a tradesman, but it is often a virtue in a statesman.”
― Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
― Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
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