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Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for District of Columbia.
237Documented
6In custody
230Released
Eras of repression in District of Columbia
Where District of Columbia’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 159
2020s 19
1980s 12
2010s 8
1800s 8
1970s 6
Documented cases
237 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Mrs. William Chisholm
Released
Mrs. William Chisholm was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned...
B
Betty Connolly
Released
Betty Connolly was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
R
Reuben Crandall
Released
Crandall, a physician linked to abolitionist circles, became the target of one of the most prominent early U.S...
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Cora Crawford
Released
Cora Crawford was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" arrested during the...
R
Ruth Crocker
Released
Ruth Crocker (born about 1886 - March 4, 1932) was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of the "Sile...
S
Sean Dunn
Released
U.S. Department of Justice paralegal (fired after arrest) who, during the August 2025 federal deployment to Wa...
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Eicker
Released
Eicker was the secretary of the rank-and-file committee of the Bonus Marchers — the some 20,000 World War vete...
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Pearl C. Ewald
Released
Pearl C. Ewald was a Quaker peace activist and Peace Action Center worker. She was imprisoned after the 1962 W...
E
Ella Findeisen
Released
Ella Findeisen was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
R
Rose Gratz Fishstein
Released
Rose Gratz Fishstein was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned d...
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D. D. Foley
Released
D. D. Foley was a Washington attorney who represented the father of an underage Union soldier and personally s...
M
Mrs. T. W. Forbes
Released
Mrs. T. W. Forbes was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned duri...
M
Margaret Fotheringham
Released
Margaret Fotheringham was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned...
F
Francis Fowler
Released
Francis Fowler was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
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Gil W. Fowler
Released
The pressmen's strike against The Washington Post began before dawn on October 1, 1975, when members of Local...
R
Rebecca M. Garrison
Released
Rebecca M. Garrison (born June 23, 1892) of Joplin, Missouri was a member of the National Woman’s Party and on...
H
Herb Geraghty
Released
Herb Geraghty, 25, of Pittsburgh PA, gender dysphoric and non-religious atheist, DC Nine co-defendant in the O...
A
Anna Ginsberg
Released
Anna Ginsberg Hayutin (1893-1973) was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels"...
R
Reba Gomborov
Released
Reba Gomborov, later Reba Commero, was born in Kyiv and was a member of the National Woman’s Party and one of...
W
William Goodman
Released
William Goodman, 52, of the Bronx NY, DC Nine co-defendant in the October 22, 2020 Washington Surgi-Clinic blo...
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Mrs. Francis Green
Released
Mrs. Francis Green was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned dur...
G
Gladys Greiner
Released
Gladys Greiner was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned during...
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Mrs. J. Irving Gross
Released
Mrs. J. Irving Gross was a member of the National Woman's Party and one of the "Silent Sentinels" imprisoned d...
A
Anna Gvinter
Released
Anna Gvinter, printed as Anna Gwinter and by Irwin as Eleanor Gwinter, was born about 1891 and was a member of...
Institutions in District of Columbia
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in District of Columbia that appear in the census’s case files.
District of Columbia JailWashington, District of Columbia
7 cases
District of Columbia Department of CorrectionsWashington, District of Columbia
6 cases
Washington County JailWashington, District of Columbia
5 cases
War Tax ResistanceWashington, District of Columbia
4 cases
D.C. Central Detention FacilityWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Old Capitol PrisonWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia
2 cases
Washington, D.C. JailWashington, District of Columbia
1 case