Ann Thompson Gerry was the wife of Vice-President

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 Elbridge Gerry

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. She is regarded as the second Second Lady of the United States

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 following Abigail Adams

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 because Thomas Jefferson

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, Aaron Burr

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, and George Clinton

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were widowers during their tenures as Vice-President.

The daughter of a wealthy New York merchant, Thompson married Gerry in 1786. Mrs. Gerry gave birth ten times between 1787 and 1801, which caused her many health problems .