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Interesting. I never knew about the non-voting representatives before.

• smacktoward 7y ago
  You would if you lived in Washington, D.C. Due to its unique status as a “Federal district” ceded to the government by Maryland and Virginia, the only Congressional representation the 700,000 residents of D.C. get is a single non-voting delegate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia%27s_at-large_congressional_district https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia%27s_at-la... (Despite this, they are of course taxed the same as everyone else, creating a weird modern-day case of “taxation without representation”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representation#District_of_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_taxation_without_representa...)
  • redis_mlc 7y ago
    Thanks for posting the interesting example of “taxation without representation”. A couple other interesting things related: 1) One East Coast tribe was not defeated militarily. It's lands were gradually nibbled away with lawyering (zoning changes) over a period of decades. 2) During the Western Indian Wars, an equal number of soldiers and warriors died on both sides, about 10,000 each.
  • 5555624 7y ago
    >Due to its unique status as a “Federal district” ceded to the government by Maryland and Virginia, It should be noted that Virginia's portion was given back -- retrocession -- in 1847. This is why one option that comes up for providing voting rights is to give the non-federal government portions of DC back to Maryland. This would keep the Federal District separate from any state; but, residents of what is currently DC would have voting representation. What was Virgina's contribution is Arlington County, VA.