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After the reorganization , President Grant appointed Alexander Robey Shepherd to the position of Governor of the District of Columbia in 1873. Shepherd licensed large-scale initiatives that greatly modernized the City of Washington, but ultimately bankrupted the district government. In 1874, Congress replaced the territorial authorities with an appointed three-member Board of Commissioners. For the history of the district as a separate legal entity, see District of Columbia . The city's native authorities, notably through the mayoralty of Marion Barry, was criticized for mismanagement and waste. During his administration in 1989, The Washington Monthly magazine claimed that the district had "the worst city government in America". In 1995, initially of Barry's fourth term, Congress created the District of Columbia Financial Control Board to oversee all municipal spending. Mayor Anthony Williams won election in 1998 and oversaw a period of city renewal and finances s...