Barney Circle in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Elbridge Gerry
Congressional Cemetery
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 29, 2019
1. Elbridge Gerry Marker
Inscription.
Elbridge Gerry was a 1762 graduate of Harvard and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Vice President of the United States. Gerry served as a representative from Massachusetts to the First Continental Congress, and on July 4, 1776, he signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1786, he retired to service as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He presided as a chairman of the committee that produced the Great Compromise. But ultimately, Gerry refused to sign the Constitution because it lacked a bill of rights. He did agree to support the Constitution, and was elected to the First Congress under the new national government, and served in the House from 1789 to 1793.
Elbridge Gerry was a 1762 graduate of Harvard and a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Vice President of the United States. Gerry served as a representative from Massachusetts to the First Continental Congress, and on July 4, 1776, he signed the Declaration of Independence. In 1786, he retired to service as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He presided as a chairman of the committee that produced the Great Compromise. But ultimately, Gerry refused to sign the Constitution because it lacked a bill of rights. He did agree to support the Constitution, and was elected to the First Congress under the new national government, and served in the House from 1789 to 1793.
Location. 38° 52.957′ N, 76° 58.664′ W. Marker is in Southeast Washington in Washington, District of Columbia. It is in Barney Circle. Marker can be reached from E Street Southeast, 0.1 miles east of Potomac Avenue Southeast,
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on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1801 E Street Southeast, Washington DC 20003, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 29, 2019
2. Elbridge Gerry Marker
Internet Archive
3. Elbridge Gerry
from A History of the American People by Woodrow Wilson, 1902.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 205 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on September 3, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
