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Definition of the day : « gerrymandering »
- As in rig : verb arrange for certain outcome
- He was re-elected six times, but in 1890 was defeated by the gerrymandering of his district.
- Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 » by Various
- But what has since been known as "Gerrymandering" was really the invention of Patrick Henry.
- Extract from : « James Madison » by Sydney Howard Gay
- The once famous phrase, Gerrymandering, some of our readers may remember.
- Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860 » by Various
- The Croats found themselves no match for the astute Magyars who resorted to packed diets, gerrymandering, bribery, and forgery.
- Extract from : « The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement » by Alexander Petrunkevitch, Samuel Northrup Harper, Frank Alfred Golder, Robert Joseph Kerner
- For a naked, avowed plan of gerrymandering no Government surely ever did beat this one.
- Extract from : « My Own Story » by Emmeline Pankhurst
- He proceeded to enlarge upon his plan for gerrymandering the state—to the advantage of the Democratic party, of course.
- Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
- This opens the way, of course, to a good deal of what in America would be known as official 'gerrymandering.'
- Extract from : « France and the Republic » by William Henry Hurlbert
- For contemporary allusions to this first example of gerrymandering, see Writings of Washington, ix.
- Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler