The Gilded Age

Historical marker location:

1607 23rd Street Northwest, Dupont Circle, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 23rd Street Northwest south of Sheridan Circle Northwest, on the left when traveling south.)

Sheridan Kalorama Call Box Restoration Project

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.