Supreme Court Ruling In For Marblehead: It's A Hard 'G'

MARBLEHEAD, MA — That big Supreme Court ruling finally came down. And it's a hard 'G.'

The Marblehead Board of Selectmen asked Chief Justice John Roberts to make sure gerrymandering - named after Marblehead's Elbridge Gerry - is pronounced with a hard 'G.'

Gerry is the former Governor of Massachusetts and served as Vice President under James Madison. He signed both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation.

When Gerry took part in an 1812 redistricting effort, the district looked like a salamander.

Roberts' office responded with some happy news. As it turns out Gerry's grandson, Elbridge Thomas "Commodore" Gerry, gifted a 30,000 volume collection that became the foundation of the Supreme Court's library.

"I trust you will be pleased to know that not only do we tend carefully to our Gerry collection," Roberts' office wrote back, "but we pronounce it with a hard "G."

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