Mount Pleasant Street, ca. 2004
Historical marker location:
3162 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest, Mount Pleasant, District of Columbia
( Marker is at the intersection of Mount Pleasant Street Northwest and Kenyon Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Mount Pleasant Street Northwest.)
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The District did not have full voting rights until 1961: Although residents of the District of Columbia have been paying federal taxes since 1861, it was not until 1961 that they were granted the right to vote in presidential elections. It wasn't until 1973 that residents were granted the right to elect their own mayor and city council.