{
  "id": 1900305,
  "title": "Elbridge who? How the name of a forgotten founder lives on in the word 'gerrymander'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/elbridge-who-how-the-name-of-a-forgotten-founder-lives-on-in-the-word",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5930301/gerrymandering-elbridge-gerry-redistricting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Elbridge Gerry was an important early figure in the American Revolution, but his decision to approve a \"gerrymandered\" state legislative map inadvertently won him lasting infamy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}