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three Democratic-Republicans that year, 1812, breaking up the county’s previous delegation of five Federalist senators. A map of the district looked like a salamander, with claws and a snake-like head on its long neck. It was suggested instead that it was a “Gerry-mander” (See Handout Seven: Gerry-mandered Districts), a name which has stuck. ................
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