The Act of 1871 was repealed in 1874, Congress replaced the District’s quasi-elected territorial government with an appointed three-member Board of Commissioners. Direct rule by Congress continued until the 1973 passage of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a century later. Signed by Nixon somehow he was convinced this increase black support for the GOP.
Signed by Nixon somehow he was convinced this increase black support for the GOP.
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...only a slight political miscalculation. /s