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Evolution of the District's internal boundaries. The passage of the Residence Act in 1790 created a new federal district that would become the capital of the United States. . Formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, the capital territory already included two large settlements at its creation: the port of Georgetown, Maryland and the town of Alexandria, Virgin
The district came into existence, with its own judges and marshals, through the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801; previously it was the Territory of Columbia. According to specific language in the U.S. Constitution, it was 100 square miles (259 km 2).
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District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, an act by the United States Congress which created a single municipal government for the entire District of Columbia Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title District of Columbia Organic Act .
1871 District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effected. [7] Norton P. Chipman becomes delegate to the US House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. 1877 – Washington Post newspaper begins publication. [25] 1878 – Telephone begins operating. [7] 1880 – Population: 147,293 in city; [17] 177,624 in district. [7] 1881 February ...
The portion of the District of Columbia ceded by Virginia was returned to that state in 1846-47. [3] The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 replaced the municipal governments of the City of Washington, Georgetown, and Washington County with a single, unified district government for the whole district.
In 1871, with the District of Columbia Organic Act, those three subdivisions within the District were unified into a single government, whose chief executive was a territorial Governor. As listed below, only two served before this office was abolished in 1874, and replaced with a temporary three-member Board of Commissioners appointed by the ...
Washington County and the cities of Washington and Georgetown were abolished in 1871 following the passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871. This law brought the entire District of Columbia under the control of a territorial government headed by an appointed governor, an appointed eleven-member council, and a locally-elected 22 ...