02568cpcaa2200397 4500 mm 78015859 DLC 20260227111622.0 cr ||||||||||| 790119|||||||||||| eng mm 78015859 ms 62004584 DLC DLC dacs DLC R lcmd Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia. Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia records, 1926-1961. 2,100 items. 7 containers. 2.8 linear feet. Arranged in 4 series. Series 1: Miscellaneous, 1947-1961; Series 2: Old Records, 1926-1945; Series 3: Political, 1955-1961; and Series 4: Publicity, 1960-1961. Open to research. 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. Lobbying 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 and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011087 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules. United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. United States. Constitution. 23rd Amendment. Constitutional amendments United States. Presidents United States Election. Suffrage Washington (D.C.) Washington (D.C.) Politics and government. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011087 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011087.3 39786 39786