The midnight appointments occurred on March 2 and 3, 1801 in Washington, DC. John Adams appointed 42 justices of the peace under the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801. The legislation removed Washington, DC, from the jurisdictions of Maryland and Virginia and gave control of the territory to Congress.
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because Adams realized the Federalist party was losing power and control in government to the Democratic-Republicans