Elkanah Tisdale

Elkanah Tisdale
Portrait of the Artist, undated, in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Born1768 (1768)
Lebanon, Connecticut
Died1835 (aged 66–67)
Norwich, Connecticut
OccupationsEngraver, miniaturist, cartoonist
Known forThe Gerry-Mander

Elkanah Tisdale (1768 – May 1, 1835) was an American engraver, miniature painter and cartoonist. He was known for the famous cartoon "The Gerry-Mander", published in the Boston Gazette on March 26, 1812, which led to the coining of the term gerrymandering.


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