If you are married, then you and your spouse can file separate tax returns. The married filing separately (MFS) filing status is generally perceived as the least beneficial of all the filing statuses.
In 1783 Congress decided to create a new capital apart from any state, and in 1787 the framers of the Constitution provided for a capital district. The U.S. capital was originally Philadelphia. Washington D.C. became the new capital on July 16, 1790.
Congress approved the new territory on February 10, 1853, but changed its name to Washington in honor of the first president of the United States, George Washington. U.S. President Millard Fillmore established Washington Territory on March 2, 1853; Washington became a state on November 11, 1889.