EVB7067893: Charles-Cotesworth Pinckney was a veteran of the American Revolution from South Carolina, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. As Minister to France in 1796-97, he was subjected to French political manipulation in the 'XYZ Affair'. Upon his return to the US in 1797, he served as a general in the Quasi-War with France / Bridgeman Images
EVB7067714: Elbridge Gerry, was an American politician of the Jeffersonian Republican party and 5th Vice President of the US, serving in the second James Madison administration. As Massachusetts Governor, he signed legislation enabling the first 'gerrymander', the manipulation voting district boundaries to favor his Republican political party in 1812 / Bridgeman Images