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"The Gerry-Mander", an editorial cartoon from 1812 depicting the boundaries of what was considered an oddly-shaped congressional district in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, a process known today as gerrymandering. The shape was set by the state legislature to favor the candidates of incumbent Governor Elbridge Gerry's Democratic-Republican Party over those of the Federalists, and the term is a portmanteau of Gerry and salamander.Artist: Elkanah Tisdale