Talk:District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801

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I've contacted the Library of Congress to get the actual text of the act and its locator information. epicAdam (talk) 21:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Still unincorporated?
This article says the Organic Act organized DC as an unincorporated territory. Is it still unincorporated? If so, does that mean (as for the unincorporated territories such as Puerto Rico) that people born in DC have citizenship not because of the constitution but rather because of an act of Congress?
 * Unincorporated, in this context, means the area that was not part of one of a municipality. As terms of the Constitution, the District is (and always has been) a fully incorporated area of the United States. Best, epicAdam(talk) 15:11, 13 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks, epicAdam. Can you give me a reference for DC always having been fully incorporated in the United States? Is it just implicit in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution (and if so, is there a reference for this interpretation), or is it explicit in some incorporating act of Congress or in some court determination?  Duoduoduo (talk) 15:36, 13 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I believe there was a Supreme Court case that declared the District to be a fully incorporated division of the United States under the Constitution. IIRC, it was a case that involved whether D.C. residents could sue people and entities in other states in Federal court and the Court said yes. I can't find the case at this exact moment, but should be able to dig it up. Best, epicAdam(talk) 15:48, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Unorganized territory in 1790 - 1801 ?
This article says the Organic Act organized territory. What about DC status before 1801? Was it unorganized territory or it had another status? If it was unorganized territory, does District of Columbia status differ from the status of another unorganized territory named "District" too - District of Louisiana (October 1, 1804 - July 4, 1805)? --Nicolay Sidorov (talk) 19:57, 2 September 2017 (UTC)