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    years, until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871. That act cancelled the charters of the towns and brought the entire area within the district borders...
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    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly called Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The...
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  • District or other variants/similarities, may also refer to: District of Columbia (until 1871) District of Columbia's at-large congressional district (federal...
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    The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and...
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    District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. As the federal capital, the Constitution grants...
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    States portal District of Columbia (until 1871) District of Columbia federal voting rights District of Columbia home rule District of Columbia statehood movement...
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    City of Alexandria returned to Virginia, leaving the District with two independent cities and one county. In 1871, with the District of Columbia Organic...
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    Colony of British Columbia. The united colony existed until its incorporation into Canadian Confederation in 1871 as the Province of British Columbia. The...
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  • C. District of Columbia (until 1871), Washington's federal district District of Columbia's at-large congressional district, congressional district for...
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  • British Columbia joining Canada in 1871. Some districts were just single schools or even one teacher. Traditionally school districts in British Columbia were...
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    The mayor of the District of Columbia is the head of the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia. The mayor has the duty to enforce...
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    Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...
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    "Electoral History of British Columbia 1871–1986" (pdf). Elections British Columbia. Victoria: Queen's Printer for British Columbia. 1988. pp. 2–3. Retrieved...
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    colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia were incorporated in 1866, subsequent to which Victoria became the united colony's capital. In 1871, British...
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    United States District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) is the primary city of two statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management...
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  • of 1871 District of Columbia Protective Services Police Department District of Columbia Public Library District of Columbia Public Schools District of...
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    The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia Home...
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    part of the county. Upon the passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, the three governments were unified under a single District government...
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  • Secular Humanistic Judaism - Initial File Number: 864853". District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Retrieved March 17, 2020...
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    separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory...
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    Walter Washington (category Mayors of Washington, D.C.)
    chief executive of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1979, serving as the first and only Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia from 1967 to...
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    The 2024 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary was held from March 1 to 3, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024...
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    The District of Columbia National Guard is the branch of the National Guard of the United States based in the District of Columbia. It comprises both the...
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    incorporated with the Colony of Vancouver Island in 1866 to create the new Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871). The explorations of James Cook and George...
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  • provincial electoral district in British Columbia Victoria District, (1871–1872), a federal electoral district in British Columbia Victoria-The Lakes,...
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  • Westminster District was a Canadian federal electoral district created when the province of British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871. Like other...
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    remained until 1949 when it was demolished. After the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 was passed, Washington County became part of the District of Columbia...
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    major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census...
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  • courts for the District of Columbia in an act of February 27, 1801, but it wasn't until 1871 that the Bar Association of the District of Columbia formed as...
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    Council of the District of Columbia (often abbreviated as the D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted...
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