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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Peter G. Gerry |
Address | Warwick, Rhode Island , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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September 18, 1879
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Died | October 31, 1957
(78 years)
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Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modifed | RBH Sep 15, 2015 03:26am |
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Info | GERRY, Peter Goelet, (great-grandson of Elbridge Gerry [1744-1814], son of Elbridge T. Gerry), a Representative and a Senator from Rhode Island
Born in New York City on 9/18/1879; parents were Elbridge T. & Louisa (Livingston) Gerry.
Attended the public schools; graduated from Harvard University in 1901; studied law
Admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1906; member of the representative council of Newport in 1912
U.S. Rep. (D-RI) 1913-1915; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914
U.S. Senator (D-RI) 1917-1929; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1928; Democratic whip 1919-1929; chairman, Committee on Railroads (Sixty-fifth Congress)
Member of the Democratic National Committee 1932-1936
U.S. Senator (D-RI) 1935-1947; was not a candidate for renomination in 1946. Gerry was a conservative, anti-New Deal Democrat. Advocate of a strong Navy.
Married (1) Matilde Townsend; divorced, 1925 (she died in 1949).
Married (2) Edith Stuyvestant, who was the widow of George Vanderbilt and a descendant of Dutch colonial Gov. Peter Stuyvestant.
Resumed the practice of law
Died 10/31/1957 in Providence RI, just a few hours before his younger brother died; interment in St. James Cemetery, Hyde Park, N.Y.
NYT 10/11/1912, 11/1/1957; [Link] |
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