Discover DC / Gallery Place

Historical marker location:

600 7th Street Northwest, Penn Quarter, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of 9th Street Northwest and F Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north on 9th Street Northwest.)

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.