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United States presidential election in Alabama, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Alaska, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Arizona, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Arkansas, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in California, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 general election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Delaware, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Georgia, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Mississippi, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Montana, 1960

The 1960 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 8, 1960 throughout all 50 states, but not The District of Columbia, which was not part of the 1960 United States presidential election.

United States presidential election in Montana, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Nevada, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Oregon, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1960

The 1960 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1960 throughout all 50 states, but not The District of Columbia, which was not part of the 1960 United States presidential election.

United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in the District of Columbia, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Utah, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Vermont, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in West Virginia, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

United States presidential election in Wyoming, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.


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Alexander Robey Shepherd

Shepherd remained in Washington for a further two years, still a real-estate magnate and a celebrated and influential member of Washington society In 1876, however, he declared personal bankruptcy and, once his accounts were settled, moved with his family to Batopilas, Mexico, where he made a fortune in silver mining and instituted many of the same reforms he had championed in the District of Columbia.

Alexander Shepherd

Alexander Robey Shepherd (1835–1902), Governor of the District of Columbia

Benning Bridge

In 1791, the state of Maryland (in which then controlled the area which would later become the District of Columbia) issued a charter to Benjamin Stoddert, Thomas Law, and John Templeman to build a bridge across the Anacostia River.

Booker T

Booker T. Washington Public Charter School, a 501c3 non-profit high school chartered by the District of Columbia Public Schools

Charles Remond Douglass

The organization later became the First Separate Battalion, National Guard of the District of Columbia.

Christopher Reid Cooper

On August 1, 2013, President Obama nominated Cooper to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who took senior status on July 15, 2013.

Church of the Ascension and Saint Agnes

In 1895, the Diocese of Washington was created from the Diocese of Maryland and included the District of Columbia and Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, and St. Mary’s Counties in Maryland.

Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

She was appointed as a judge to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by President Bill Clinton on March 26, 1997, to a seat vacated by Harold H. Greene; she took her oath of office on May 12, 1997.

Committee on Degrees in Social Studies

Merrick B. Garland, judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1974

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court of the District of Columbia, equivalent to a state supreme court, established in 1970

David O. Stewart

Stewart was law clerk to Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court during October Term, 1979, after working as law clerk for two appellate judges, J. Skelly Wright and David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation

Under the Residence Act of 1790 (which established the District of Columbia), the Commissioners of the District of Columbia were given the power to oversee the establishment and operation of all public lands within the new federal reservation.

District of Columbia National Guard

After Congress established the Federal District in District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, local Militia units were reorganized again, to form what would become the District of Columbia National Guard.

Freedmen's Hospital

When Abraham Flexner visited the District of Columbia that year, he was impressed by the new, 278-bed Freedmen's Hospital and thought only Howard University Medical School in the city had a promising future.

Geography of Washington, D.C.

The topography of the District of Columbia is very similar to the physical geography of much of Maryland.

The District of Columbia is divided into eight wards and 37 Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs) within these wards.

George E. Allen

He served as a member of the Board of Commissioners for the District of Columbia (1933-8, 1939–40) and treasurer and then secretary of the Democratic National Committee.

Greater Washington Board of Trade

During that meeting, the Board adopted the logo that is still being used today: three interlocking circles that symbolize the unity of Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia, and suburban Maryland.

Henry Cooke

Henry D. Cooke (1825–1881), first territorial governor of the District of Columbia

John Carroll Society

Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola served as a President and is the Chair of the Social Action Committee which is active in assisting homeless and transitional families in the District of Columbia.

Judith A. Winston

Winston has received the prestigious Thurgood Marshall Award from the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, and the Lawyer of the Year Award from the Women's Bar Association.

Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia

The Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia is dedicated to the same ideas represented by the national Libertarian Party but also focuses on issues specific to DC such as "taxation without representation", home rule, and DC statehood.

Louis L. Redding

Gebhart v. Belton was combined with cases from three other states and the District of Columbia to become part of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case in 1954 known as Brown v. Board of Education.

Margaret Richardson

She is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Mary Cheh

Cheh replaced Kathleen Patterson, who unsuccessfully sought to run for Council of the District of Columbia Chair position.

Michael D. Murphy

On March 30, 2009, Murphy's court-martial began at Bolling Air Force Base in the District of Columbia, where he once was head of the Air Force Legal Operations Agency.

Munaf v. Geren

Brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the petition named as respondents Francis J. Harvey, Secretary of the Army; Major General William H. Brandenburg, then-Deputy Commanding General of Detainee Operations and Commanding General of Task Force 134, MNF-I; and Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Houser of the 105th Military Police Battalion, commanding officer at Camp Bucca.

Murphy v. IRS

Murphy's attorneys, led by David K. Colapinto of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, requested a rehearing of the July 2007 decision by the full Court of Appeals (en banc) for the District of Columbia Circuit, which was denied on September 14, 2007.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.

This action was eventually overturned in the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Bolling v. Sharpe, which made segregated public schools illegal in the District of Columbia.

Norman Holmes Pearson

Pearson promoted Pound’s work apart from his political involvements, helping to prevent it from being “disappeared" due to Pound's very unpopular World War II politics and consequent incarceration at St. Elizabeths Hospital (a psychiatric hospital operated by the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health).

Operation Snow White

They repeated their actions from the previous week, copying another foot of documents from the District of Columbia Police Department as well as the Food and Drug Administration.

Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star

The idea for the creation of an Order of the Eastern Star for black women was first proposed by William Myers, a Grand Master in the Prince Hall Jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

The original Board members were Carol E. Dinkins, of Texas, Chairwoman; Alan Charles Raul, of the District of Columbia, Vice Chairman; Theodore B. Olson, of Virginia; Lanny Davis, of Maryland, and Francis X. Taylor, of Maryland.

Retrocession

District of Columbia retrocession, the retrocession to Virginia and, potentially, to Maryland of the land ceded to create the District of Columbia

Spanish Treaty Claims Commission

The original Commissioners were recently-defeated U.S. Senator William E. Chandler of New Hampshire (who was chosen as president), Gerrit J. Diekema of Michigan, James P. Wood of Ohio, William Arden Maury of the District of Columbia, and William L. Chambers of Alabama.

State Guard Association of the United States

The District of Columbia Defense Force, for example, is a member of the Citizen Corps and supports assorted mission assigned by the District of Columbia.

Stop Court-Packing Act

Stop Court-Packing Act (H.R. 2239) is legislation that was introduced in the 113th United States Congress on June 4, 2013, with the full title of the bill stating to "reduce the number of Federal judgeships for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit".

Twenty-third Amendment

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, which allowed residents of the District of Columbia to vote in presidential elections

United States presidential election in Benton County, Indiana, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Benton County, Indiana took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

Washington Highlands

Geography of Washington, D.C., for the highlands of the District of Columbia, USA

World Jewish Congress lawsuit against Swiss banks

Led by Edgar Bronfman, the heir to the Seagram's fortune, the WJC entered a class-action in Brooklyn, NY combining several established suits in New York, California, and the District of Columbia.