Peter G. Gerry

Peter Gerry
Senate Minority Whip
In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1929
Leader	Thomas S. Martin (1919) Gilbert Hitchcock (1919–1920) Oscar Underwood (1920–1923) Joseph Taylor Robinson 1923–1929)
Preceded by	Charles Curtis
Succeeded by	Morris Sheppard
United States Senator from Rhode Island
In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947
Preceded by	Felix Hebert
Succeeded by	J. Howard McGrath
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1929
Preceded by	Henry F. Lippitt
Succeeded by	Felix Hebert
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	George H. Utter
Succeeded by	Walter Russell Stiness
Personal details
Born	Peter Goelet Gerry (1879-09-18)September 18, 1879 New York City, U.S.
Died	October 31, 1957(1957-10-31) (aged 78) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Resting place	St James Cemetery Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Mathilde Townsend ​ ​ (m. 1910; div. 1925)​ Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt ​ ​ (m. 1925)​
Parent(s)	Elbridge Thomas Gerry Louisa Matilda Livingston
Relatives	Robert Livingston Gerry Sr. (brother)
Education	Harvard 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.