Citizen's Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia Records 1926-1961

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Citizen's Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia Records 1926-1961

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Organization that lobbied for the passage of the Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution allowing the citizens of the District of Columbia to vote in presidential elections. Correspondence with members of Congress, records of congressional hearings, publicity materials, lists of local groups backing the Twenty-third Amendment, and a file by state showing contacts made by the committee with leaders of the various state legislatures.

2,100 items; 7 containers; 2.8 linear feet

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6357287

Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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