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Columbia loses the capital by two votes
1789
Columbia, Pennsylvania
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A Quaker ferry town on the Susquehanna was seriously considered for the permanent seat of government and came close in the House before the vote went the other way and the capital went to the Potomac. It settled instead for iron, the railroad and a bridge that was burned in 1863 to stop Confederate troops crossing.
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