Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

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Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico (Spanish: El Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico) is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
elected by the voters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is a Autonomy Territories of the United States of the United States located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands....
every four years. The Resident Commissioner is the only member of the House of Representatives who serves a four year term.

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").

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The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico (Spanish: El Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico) is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives

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Puerto Rico

Delegate (United States Congress)

A Delegate to Congress is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected from a Organized territory or from Washington, D.C....
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List of Resident Commissioners

This is a complete list of Resident Commissioners of Puerto Rico:

Year(s) served	Name	Puerto Rican Party	National Party
1901–1905	Federico Degetau Federico Degetau Federico Degetau y Gonz?lez was a Puerto Rico politician, lawyer, writer, author, and the first Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States House of Representatives....		Republican
1905–1911	Tulio Larrinaga Tulio Larrinaga Tulio Larrinaga was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.Born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Larrinaga attended the Seminario Consiliar of San Ildefonso at San Juan, Puerto Rico....	Unionist
1911–1916	Luis Muñoz-Rivera Luis Muñoz Rivera Luis Mu?oz Rivera was a Puerto Rican people poet, journalist and politician. Mu?oz Rivera was born in the small town Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, to a middle class family....	Unionist
1917–1932	Felix Córdova-Dávila Félix Córdova Dávila F?lix Lope Mar?a C?rdova D?vila was a politician leader and judge from Puerto Rico who served as Puerto Rico's fourth Resident Commissioner in Congress....	Unionist
1932–1933	José Lorenzo Pesquera José Lorenzo Pesquera Jos? Lorenzo Pesquera was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.Born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Pesquera was graduated from Provincial Institute of Puerto Rico in 1897....	Nonpartisan
1933–1939	Santiago Iglesias-Pantín Santiago Iglesias Santiago Iglesias Pant?n was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, a "delegate" or nonvoting member to the United States House of Representatives....	Coalitionist	Republican
1939–1945	Bolívar Pagán Bolívar Pagán Bol?var Pag?n,, was a distinguished historian, journalist, and politician.He received his primary education in the public schools of Adjuntas, and went to secondary school in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico....	Coalitionist	Republican
1945–1946	Jesús T. Piñero Jesus T. Piñero Jes?s Toribio Pi?ero Jim?nez was the first native Puerto Rico to be appointed governor of Puerto Rico by the government of the United States....	PPD Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a Commonwealth ....	Democratic
1946–1965	Antonio Fernós-Isern Antonio Fernós-Isern Dr. Antonio Fern?s-Isern was the first Puerto Rico cardiologist and its longest serving Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico....	PPD Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a Commonwealth ....	Democratic
1965–1969	Santiago Polanco-Abreú Santiago Polanco Abreu Santiago Polanco-Abreu was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.Born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Polanco-Abreu attended elementary and high schools in Isabela, Puerto Rico....	PPD Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a Commonwealth ....	Democratic
1969–1973	Jorge Luis Córdova-Díaz	PNP New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico U.S. statehood.Following the Puerto Rican general election, 2008, it currently holds supermajorities in the Commonwealth's Puerto Rico House of Representatives and Senate of Puerto Rico, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to U.S....	Republican
1973–1977	Jaime Benítez Jaime Benitez Jaime Ben?tez , the longest serving chancellor and president of the University of Puerto Rico was a Puerto Rico author, academic and politician....	PPD Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a Commonwealth ....	Democratic
1977–1985	Baltasar Corrada-Del Río Baltasar Corrada del Río Baltasar Corrada del R?o is a former politician from Puerto Rico. He held various high political offices in the island, including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico , Mayor of the capital city of San Juan, Puerto Rico , Secretary of State and Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of...	PNP New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico U.S. statehood.Following the Puerto Rican general election, 2008, it currently holds supermajorities in the Commonwealth's Puerto Rico House of Representatives and Senate of Puerto Rico, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to U.S....	Democratic & Republican (in different periods)
1985–1992	Jaime Fuster Jaime Fuster Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri was a politician who served as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Justice Fuster, along with Justice Liana Fiol Matta, was considered the leading Liberalism voice in the Puerto Rico Supreme Court....	PPD Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a Commonwealth ....	Democratic
1992–1993	Antonio Colorado Antonio Colorado Antonio J. Colorado Laguna is a lawyer and politician from New York City, New York, United States. He served as Secretary of State and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico for the administration of Rafael Hern?ndez Col?n....	PPD Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a Commonwealth ....	Democratic
1993–2001	Carlos Romero Barceló Carlos Romero Barceló Carlos Antonio Romero Barcel? "El Caballo" is a Puerto Rico politician who served as the fifth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the second governor to be elected from the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico and also Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2001, making him one of the more successful politicians i...	PNP New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico U.S. statehood.Following the Puerto Rican general election, 2008, it currently holds supermajorities in the Commonwealth's Puerto Rico House of Representatives and Senate of Puerto Rico, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to U.S....	Democratic
2001–2005	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Aníbal Acevedo Vilá An?bal Salvador Acevedo Vil? is a Puerto Rican people politician and lawyer. He served as the eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a semi-autonomous unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2005 to 2009....	PPD Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that supports Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the enhancement of Puerto Rico's current status as a Commonwealth ....	Democratic
2005–2009	Luis Fortuño Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortu?o-Burset is the ninth and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a semi-autonomous unincorporated territory of the United States....	PNP New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico U.S. statehood.Following the Puerto Rican general election, 2008, it currently holds supermajorities in the Commonwealth's Puerto Rico House of Representatives and Senate of Puerto Rico, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to U.S....	Republican
2009-present	Pedro Pierluisi Pedro Pierluisi Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia is a Puerto Rican lawyer and politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico and the United States Democratic Party....	PNP New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico is a political party that advocates for Puerto Rico U.S. statehood.Following the Puerto Rican general election, 2008, it currently holds supermajorities in the Commonwealth's Puerto Rico House of Representatives and Senate of Puerto Rico, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to U.S....	Democratic

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