The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States federal district of Washington, D.C.:
- Mayor
- City Council Chair
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- City Council
- District delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
- Shadow senators and representatives
For years in which a U.S. presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the district's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Independent (I), Republican (R), and Statehood Green (SG).
| Year | Executive office | City Council | U.S. Congress | Presidential electoral college votes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Chair | Composition | U.S. House Delegate | Shadow U.S. Senator (Seat 1) | Shadow U.S. Senator (Seat 2) | Shadow Representative | ||
| 1801 ... 1870 |
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| 1871 | Norton P. Chipman (R) | |||||||
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| 1873 | ||||||||
| 1874 | ||||||||
| 1875 ... 1963 |
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| 1964 | Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) Y | |||||||
| 1965 | ||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||
| 1967 | ||||||||
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D) N | |||||||
| 1969 | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
| 1971 | Walter E. Fauntroy (D) | |||||||
| 1972 | George McGovern and R. Sargent Shriver (D) N | |||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||
| 1975 | Walter Washington (D) | Sterling Tucker (D) | 10D, 1R, 1SG | |||||
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) Y | |||||||
| 1977 | ||||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||
| 1979 | Marion Barry (D) | Arrington Dixon (D) | ||||||
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) N | |||||||
| 1981 | ||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||
| 1983 | David A. Clarke (D) | |||||||
| 1984 | Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro (D) N | |||||||
| 1985 | ||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||
| 1987 | ||||||||
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen (D) N | |||||||
| 1989 | 10D, 1I, 1SG | |||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 1991 | Sharon Pratt Kelly (D) | John A. Wilson (D) | Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) | Florence Pendleton (D) | Jesse Jackson (D) | Charles Moreland (D) | ||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) Y | |||||||
| 1993 | David A. Clarke (D) | |||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
| 1995 | Marion Barry (D) | John Capozzi (D) | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||
| 1997 | 10D, 1R, 1SG | Paul Strauss (D) | Sabrina Sojourner (D) | |||||
| Linda W. Cropp (D) | ||||||||
| 1998 | 9D, 2R, 1SG | |||||||
| 1999 | Anthony A. Williams (D) | 10D, 2R | Tom Bryant (D) | |||||
| 2000 | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) N | |||||||
| 2001 | Ray Brown (D) | |||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 2003 | ||||||||
| 2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) N | |||||||
| 10D, 1R, 1I | ||||||||
| 2005 | ||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||
| 2007 | Adrian Fenty (D) | Vincent C. Gray (D) | Michael D. Brown (D) | Mike Panetta (D) | ||||
| 2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) Y | |||||||
| 2009 | 10D, 2I | |||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 2011 | Vincent C. Gray (D) | Kwame R. Brown (D) | ||||||
| 2012 | Phil Mendelson (D) | |||||||
| 2013 | Nate Bennett-Fleming (D) | |||||||
| Year | Mayor | Chair | Composition | U.S. House Delegate | Shadow U.S. Senator (Seat 1) | Shadow U.S. Senator (Seat 2) | Shadow Representative | Presidential electoral college votes |
| Executive office | City Council | U.S. Congress | ||||||
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