Peter G. Gerry

Peter Gerry
Senate Minority Whip
In office
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1929
LeaderThomas S. Martin (1919)
Gilbert Hitchcock (1919–1920)
Oscar Underwood (1920–1923)
Joseph Taylor Robinson (1923–1929)
Preceded byCharles Curtis
Succeeded byMorris Sheppard
United States Senator
from Rhode Island
In office
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947
Preceded byFelix Hebert
Succeeded byJ. Howard McGrath
In office
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1929
Preceded byHenry F. Lippitt
Succeeded byFelix Hebert
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded byGeorge H. Utter
Succeeded byWalter Russell Stiness
Personal details
Born
Peter Goelet Gerry

(1879-09-18)September 18, 1879
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 31, 1957(1957-10-31) (aged 78)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Resting placeSt James Cemetery
Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
Mathilde Townsend
(m. 1910; div. 1925)
(m. 1925)
Parent(s)Elbridge Thomas Gerry
Louisa Matilda Livingston
RelativesRobert Livingston Gerry Sr. (brother)
EducationHarvard University (BA)

Peter Goelet Gerry (September 18, 1879 – October 31, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and later, as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. He is the only U.S. Senator in American history to lose re-election and later reclaim his Senate seat from the person who had defeated him.


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