Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia records, 1926-1961

Collection Summary

Title	Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia records, 1926-1961
Span Dates	1926-1961
ID No.	MSS15859
Creator	Citizen's Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia
Extent	2,100 items
Extent	7 containers
Extent	2.8 linear feet
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011087
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78015859
Summary	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.