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Historical marker location:

1718 1st Street Northwest, Bloomingdale, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Randolph Place Northwest and 1st Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west on Randolph Place Northwest.)

Marker installed: 2015

Worthy Ambition. LeDroit Park/Bloomingdale Heritage Trail.

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.