Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia records
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2100
Subjects: Politics and government; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules; Presidents; Suffrage; United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary; United States; Constitutional amendments; Election
Description: Correspondence and other records of the organization documenting its activities in lobbying for the passage of the 23rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which, in 1961, granted the citizens of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections.  Includes correspondence with members of Congress, chiefly members of the House Committee on Rules and the House Committee on the Judiciary; records of congressional hearings; publicity materials; lists of local groups backing the 23rd Amendment; and a file by state showing contacts made by the committee with leaders of the various state legislatures.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia, 1961.

Lobby organization formed in 1916 and composed of 30 local organizations.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.