Pasinei nekukura kweguta, Washington yakanga ichiri nemigwagwa yemigwagwa uye yakanga isina hutsanana hwakakosha. Dzimwe nhengo dzeCongress dzakataura kuti dzitamise guta guru kumadokero, asi Mutungamiri Ulysses S. Grant akaramba kufunga nezvechirongwa chakadai.Congress yakapa Organic Act ya1871, iyo yakaparadza magwaro ega ega emaguta eWashington neGeorgetown, uye yakagadzira hurumende nyowani yedunhu reDunhu reColumbia. Mutungamiri Grant akagadza Alexander Robey Shepherd pachinzvimbo chegweta muna 1873. Shepherd akabvumidza mapurojekiti makuru akavandudza Washington zvikuru, asi pakupedzisira akabhuroka hurumende yedunhu. Muna 1874, Congress yakatsiva hurumende yedunhu nenhengo nhatu dzakagadzwa dzeBhodi revatariri veguta.
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