2007-01-25 15:45:47 · 7 answers · asked by eileen m 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Admitted to what? It is not a state.
2007-01-25 15:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jimfix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~In 1961, due in no small measure to pressures exerted by the Soviet Union, the residents of Washington DC were given the right to vote in presidential elections through Amendment XXIII of the US Constitution. In 1974, the Washington Home Rule Act was ratified, and in November of that year, Washington residents actually got to vote for their own mayor ( and they actually even got to have a mayor).
When the district was carved out of Maryland and Virginia in 1790, the folks living there were able to vote as though still living in the states from which their properties had been ceded. Then the Federal Government moved in and passed the Organic Act of 1801. The Organic Act disenfranchised the residents. In 1846, the lands in the District which were granted from Virginia were returned to Virginia. The folks on that side of the river got to vote again.
Count the stars on the flag. Neither the city of Washington or the District of Columbia are accounted for. Both were essentially dealt with as territorial possessions. Only states are admitted to the union. DC is unique.
The Soviets noticed the irony that the citizens of the national capital of the self-proclaimed most democratic nation on earth had no right to vote, and commented on it at every opportunity. Thanks in large part to them, as well as the threat of riots by the residents, suffrage was granted as above, but DC has been a part of the nation since its creation.
2007-01-26 05:23:18 · answer #2 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The City of Washington was incorporated in 1802. The District of Columbia was created as a municipal corporation in 1871, embracing Washington, Georgetown, and Washington County.
There is no date for admission of Washington, D.C., to anything, since the District is not a state.
2007-01-25 23:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by oldironclub 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Washington D.C was never technically "admitted" because it is not a state. It was founded on July 16, 1790.
It is located in maryland/virgina (in 1847 is was brought under the jurisdiction of a virginia county), and the site was chosen by president washingtom himself.
2007-01-26 00:01:33 · answer #4 · answered by wolface6999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To add to what wolfface6999 said, look at a map of both Washington DC and Alexandria. Notice that it creates a diamond shape. This was to be the original "Federal City" only after it was decided to build the Federal City on the north bank of the Potomac was the land granted by Virginia deeded back as to Virginia.
2007-01-26 00:14:12 · answer #5 · answered by Gary E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The District of Columbia was founded in 1790 as a federal district. It's not a state, so it was never exactly "admitted" to the Union.
2007-01-25 23:56:52 · answer #6 · answered by Miscellaneous 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey,,, d.c. is not a state!
it's the capital of us...
d.c. was founded on
July 16, 1790
2007-01-26 02:05:10 · answer #7 · answered by keboy1992 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋