6525

Updated: January 20, 2026

On January 8,1867, their first measure, conferring the franchise upon Negroes in the District of Columbia, was passed over the presidential veto, though the proposal had been voted down a few weeks earlier by a vote of 6525 to 35 in Washington and 812 to 1 in Georgetown.

Walter Lynwood Fleming - The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states