In 1800 the capital of the U.S. was moved from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) to
the City of Washington in the federal District of Columbia, an area created
in 1791 from lands ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia.
In 1871 the three existing local governments - the Corporation of Georgetown
(since 1791), the Corporation of the City of Washington (since 1802) and the
Court of the County of Washington (since 1801) - were abolished and replaced
by a municipal corporation known as the District of Columbia.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
GEORGETOWN AND WASHINGTONMayor of Georgetown
1869 - 1871 Henry M. Sweeney
Mayor of Washington
1870 - 1871 Matthew Gault Emery
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAGovernors
1871 - 1873 David Henry Cooke
1873 - 1874 Alexander Robey "Boss" Shepherd 1835 - 1902
Commissioners
1874 - 1878 -Henry Taylor Blow (in 1874) 1817 - 1875
-John H. Ketcham (until 1877)
-William Dennison
-Seth Ledyard Phelps (since 1875) 1824 - 1885
-Thomas B. Bryan (since 1877)
Boards of Commissioners
Presidents
1878 - 1879 Seth Ledyard Phelps s.a.
1879 - 1882 Josiah Dent
1882 - 1885 Joseph Rodman West 1882 - 1898
1885 - 1886 James Barker Edmonds
1886 - 1889 William Benning Webb
1889 - 1893 John Watkinson Douglass
1893 - 1898 John Wesley Ross 1841 - 1902
1898 - 1900 John Brewer Wight
1900 - 1910 Henry Brown Floyd Macfarland
1910 - 1913 Cuno Hugo Rudolph
1913 - 1917 Oliver Peck Newman
1917 - 1920 Louis Brownlow
1920 Brig. Gen. Charles Willauer Kutz*
1920 - 1921 John Thilman Hendrick
1921 - 1926 Cuno Hugo Rudolph (2x)
1926 - 1930 Proctor L. Dougherty
1930 - 1933 Luther H. Reichelderfer
1933 - 1941 Melvin Colvin Hazen 1... - 1941
1941 - 1952 John Russell Young
Civilian Members
1878 - 1879 Josiah Dent s.a.
1879 - 1883 Thomas Phillips Morgan
1883 - 1885 James Barker Edmonds s.a.
1885 - 1886 William Benning Webb s.a.
1886 - 1889 Samuel Edwin Wheatley
1889 - 1890 Lemon Galpin Hine
1890 - 1893 John Wesley Ross s.a.
1893 - 1894 Myron Melville Parker
1894 - 1897 George Truesdell
1897 - 1898 John Brewer Wight s.a.
1898 - 1902 John Wesley Ross (2x)
1902 - 1910 Henry Litchfield West
1910 - 1913 John Alexander Johnston
1913 - 1915 Frederick Lincoln Siddons 1864 - 1931
1915 - 1917 Louis Brownlow s.a.
1917 - 1920 William Gwynn Gardiner
1920 John Thilman Hendrick s.a.
1920 - 1921 Mabel Thorp Boardman° 1860 - 1946
1921 - 1925 James Frederick Oyster 18.. - 1925
1925 - 1926 Frederick A. Fenning
1926 Proctor L. Dougherty s.a.
1926 - 1930 Sidney F. Taliaferro
1930 - 1933 Herbert B. Crosby
1933 - 1938 George E. Allen
1938 - 1939 none
1939 - 1940 George E. Allen (2x)
1940 - 1941 John Russell Young s.a.
1941 - 1951 Guy Mason
Military Members
(detached by the Army Corps of Engineers)
1878 - 1882 Maj. William Johnson Twining 1... - 1882
1882 none
1882 - 1886 Maj. Garret J. Lydecker
1886 - 1888 Col. William Ludlow
1888 - 1890 Maj. Charles Walker Raymond 1842 - 1913
1890 - 1891 Lt. Col. Henry Martyn Robert 1837 - 1923
1891 - 1893 Capt. William Trent Rossell 1849 - 1919
1893 - 1897 Capt. Charles Frances Powell
1897 - 1898 Capt. William Murray Black 1855 - 1933
1898 - 1901 Capt. Lansing Hoskins Beach 1860 - 1945
1901 - 1907 Maj. John Biddle
1907 - 1908 Capt. Jay J. Morrow
1908 - 1909 Maj. Spencer Crosby
1909 - 1913 Lt. Col. William Voorhees Judson 1865 - 1923
1913 - 1914 Lt. Col. Chester Harding 1866 - 1936
1914 - 1917 Maj. Charles Willauer Kutz s.a.
1917 - 1918 Brig. Gen. John George David Knight
1918 - 1921 Brig. Gen. Charles Willauer Kutz (2x)
1921 - 1923 Col. Charles Keller 1868 -
1923 - 1927 Maj. James Franklin Bell
1927 - 1930 Col. William B. Ladue
1930 - 1934 Maj. John C. Gotwals
1934 - 1938 Col. Daniel Isom Sultan 1885 - 1947
1938 - 1941 Lt. Col. David McCoach, Jr.
1941 - 1945 Col. Charles Willauer Kutz (3x)
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