subs. (political).—See GERRYMANDER and add following quots.
1871. Pall Mall Gazette, 4 March. Wonderful adepts in the art of JERRYMANDERING.
1872. Globe, 19 July. JERRYMANDERING is not to be numbered with the other novelties imported into our political system from America.
1883. Echo, 7 Dec., p. 1, col. 5. The Marquis of Salisbury, in a recent speech, attributed the origin of what he called JERRYMANDERING to an individual called Jeremiah Manders. This is a fair example of the Marquis’s accuracy, neither one nor the other of these names being correct.
1883. H. FAWCETT, in Daily News, Nov. 9, p. 3, col. 2. If equal electoral districts were introduced, the success of political parties would mainly depend on skilfully manipulating, from time to time, the boundaries of boroughs. This is so well known in the United States that this manipulation has been elevated into a fine art, and is known there as JERRYMANDERING.
