From yesterday's blog entry from the Marblehead Reporter.
ELBRIDGE GERRY-- U.S. Congressman, governor of Massachusetts, vice president under James Madison 1813-1814. His name applied to the political process known as gerrymandering.
JOSEPH STORY-- U.S. Congressman, U.S. Supreme Court from 1811 until 1845. He was 32 when appointed, the youngest-ever supreme court justice.
SAMUEL SEWALL-- U.S. Congressman and Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court and for whom Fort Sewall named.
Seems Like Marblehead Sure Had a Lot of U.S. Congressmen. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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