Lincoln and his cabinetU.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln (seated center) and his cabinet, with Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott, in the council chamber at the White House, lithograph, 1866. 2 of 2 Abraham Lincoln: statue at the Lincoln MemorialStatue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, Washingt...
(1861–65), the city of Washington expanded beyond its originally planned boundaries and became legally indistinguishable from the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C., remains a territory, not a state, and since 1974 it has been governed by a locally elected mayor and city council over ...