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Washington, DC’s 1973 Acquisition of Home Rule after One Hundred Years: Confronting the Issues of Race and Representation in the Nation’s Capital

Description:

Walter E. Fauntroy became Washington, DC’s first non-voting representative in Congress on March 23, 1971. Washingtonians had been without self-government for nearly a century, so as the district’s first Congressman, Fauntroy pushed for home rule legislation, overpowering opponents by...

Author:

Niekrasz, Emily

Keyword:

Home rule, Washington, D.C., Race, Politics, and Julian Clement Chase Prize

GW Unit:

History

Resource Type:

Research Paper
The Northern Democracy: Slavery, the Democratic Party, and the Destruction of the Union

Description:

Broadly concerned with the causes of the American Civil War, this dissertation explores the role of Northern Democrats in the political crises of the 1850s and the fragmentation of the national Democratic Party in the antebellum era. State and local politics are key, and connections are made...

Author:

Landis, Michael Todd

Keyword:

Antebellum, Civil War, Doughface, Democratic Party, Slavery, and Politics

GW Unit:

History

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Anbinder, Tyler

Committee Member(s):

Arneson, Eric, Sinha, Manisha, Stott, Richard, and Ribuffo, Leo

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation