Peter Goelet Gerry

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Peter Goelet Gerry was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator
human
politician
birthDate 1879-09-18
birthPlace New York City
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1957-10-31
deathPlace Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
educatedAt Groton School NERFINISHED
Harvard Law School
Harvard University
endTimeOfPosition Minority Whip of the United States Senate 1929
endTimeOfPosition United States Representative from Rhode Island's 2nd district 1915
endTimeOfPosition United States senator from Rhode Island (first term) 1929
endTimeOfPosition United States senator from Rhode Island (second term) 1947
ethnicGroup American of Dutch descent
American of English descent
familyName Gerry NERFINISHED
father Elbridge Thomas Gerry NERFINISHED
givenName Peter
hasRelative Elbridge Gerry NERFINISHED
Martha Gerry NERFINISHED
Robert Livingston Gerry NERFINISHED
memberOf United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
middleName Goelet NERFINISHED
mother Louisa Matilda Livingston NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first U.S. senator to be elected after losing re-election
occupation politician
partOf Gerry family NERFINISHED
positionHeld Minority Whip of the United States Senate NERFINISHED
United States Representative NERFINISHED
United States senator
religion Episcopalian
represented Rhode Island NERFINISHED
Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district NERFINISHED
representedIn United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
United States Senate NERFINISHED
residence Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Edith Stuyvesant Dresser NERFINISHED
Mathilde Scott Townsend NERFINISHED
startTimeOfPosition Minority Whip of the United States Senate 1919
startTimeOfPosition United States Representative from Rhode Island's 2nd district 1913
startTimeOfPosition United States senator from Rhode Island (first term) 1917
startTimeOfPosition United States senator from Rhode Island (second term) 1935

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Edith Stuyvesant Dresser spouse Peter Goelet Gerry