District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871

For the prior act that organized the district, see District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801.
District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn Act to provide a Government for the District of Columbia
NicknamesDistrict of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
Enacted bythe 41st United States Congress
Citations
Statutes at Large16 Stat. 419
Legislative history

The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. Though Congress repealed the territorial government in 1874, the legislation was the first to create a single municipal government for the federal district.[1] Direct rule by Congress continued until the 1973 passage of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a century later.[2]

  1. ^ Tindall, William (1909). Origin and government of the District of Columbia. J. Byrne & co. pp. 9.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference councilhist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).