The United States Congress Was Established
In 1789
After Ratification Of
The United States Constitution
And New York City Remained
The Temporary Capital
The New Constitution�through Article I
Section 8
Clause 17�authorized Congress
To Create
A Federal District Outside Of
The State Structure As
The Nation's Permanent Seat Of Government
And Granted Congress Exclusive Governing Jurisdiction Over It
The Choice Of
A Site Was Left For
The New Congress
To Decide
During
The Debate
Two Sites Became Serious Contenders: One Site On
The Potomac River Near Georgetown;
And Another Site On
The Susquehanna River Near Wrights Ferry (now Columbia
Pennsylvania)
The Susquehanna River Site Was Approved By
The House
In September 1789
While
The Senate Bill Specified
A Site On
The Delaware River Near Germantown
Pennsylvania
The House
And Senate Were Not Able
To Reconcile Their Two Bills
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A few Founding Fathers lived into their nineties
including: Paine Wingate
who died
at age 98; Charles Carroll of Carrollton
who died
at age 95; Charles Thomson
who died
at 94; William Samuel Johnson
who died
at 92;
and John Adams
who died
at 90
Among those who lived into their eighties were Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Whittmore
John Jay
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Armstrong Jr
Hugh Williamson
and George Wythe
Approximately 16 died while
in their seventies
and 21
in their sixties
Three (Alexander Hamilton
Richard Dobbs Spaight
and Button Gwinnett) were killed
in duels
Two
John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson
died on
the same day
July 4
1826!
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