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The Organic Acts
Congress sets up at the new capitol and passes the Organic Acts of 1801, which states that the government is taking direct control of D.C. This also meant that the people in D.C. were not allowed the right to vote for Virginia or Maryland. -
Passed by Congress
John F. Kennedy was president at the time that the 23rd Amendment got passed. -
South Doesn't Approve
This amendment was supported everywhere else except the southern states. Tennessee was the only southern state to ratify this amendment at the time. Still, not all states have ratified this amendment. -
Official Ratification
There were nine states that didn't ratify this amendment: Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. This amendment took 285 days to ratify. -
The First Presidential Election the 23rd Amendment Was Used.
Lyndon Johnson was up against Bary Goldwater. Lyndon Johnson won. -
The Need for a Government
About a year after president Johnson had appointed Mayor Washington of Washington D.C., riots had started to happen with Martin Luther King Jr., and with him being killed, D.C. realized they need their own government. -
D.C.'s Own Government
D.C. is able to form its own democratic government. This government has a government and a bicameral legislature. -
No Representation in Congress
The 23rd Amendment gave Washingtion D.C. the right to have a voice in the presidential elections, but it didn't give any representation in congress. Congress then passed an amendment that stated that Washington D.C. should be treated like its own state, but only 16 out of the 38 states ratified it. Therefor, this idea never became an amendment. -
Alabama
Alabama is the last state to recently ratify the 23rd Amandment. But still only 40 states have ratified this amendment. -
50 Year Celebration
Washington D.C. and Okalahoma were the only two that celebrated the 50 year anniversary.
