Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puerto Rico |
This article is part of the series: |
|
|
Other countries · Atlas Politics Portal |
The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is a nonvoting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico every four years.
The Commissioner is allowed to serve on congressional committees, and functions in every respect as a Representative except being denied a vote on the final disposal of legislation (a "floor vote").
In most other U.S. territories, a similar representative position is styled Delegate.
[edit] List of Resident Commissioners
This is a complete list of Resident Commissioners of Puerto Rico:
Year(s) served | Name | Puerto Rican Party | United States Party |
---|---|---|---|
1901–1905 | Federico Degetau | Republican | |
1905–1911 | Tulio Larrinaga | Unionist | |
1911–1916 | Luis Muñoz-Rivera | Unionist | |
1917–1932 | Felix Córdova-Dávila | Unionist | |
1932–1933 | José Lorenzo Pesquera | Nonpartisan | |
1933–1939 | Santiago Iglesias-Pantín | Coalitionist | Republican |
1939–1945 | Bolívar Pagán | Coalitionist | Republican |
1945–1946 | Jesús T. Piñero | PPD | Democratic |
1946–1965 | Antonio Fernós-Isern | PPD | Democratic |
1965–1969 | Santiago Polanco-Abreú | PPD | Democratic |
1969–1973 | Jorge Luis Córdova-Díaz | PNP | Republican |
1973–1977 | Jaime Benítez | PPD | Democratic |
1977–1985 | Baltasar Corrada-Del Río | PNP | Democratic & Republican (in different periods) |
1985–1992 | Jaime Fuster | PPD | Democratic |
1992–1993 | Antonio Colorado | PPD | Democratic |
1993–2001 | Carlos Romero Barceló | PNP | Democratic |
2001–2005 | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | PPD | Democratic |
2005–present | Luis Fortuño | PNP | Republican |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
|