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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 elected by the voters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico every four years. The Resident Commissioner is the only member of the House of Representatives who serves a four year term.1

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.

Contents

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 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 (until 2009) Luis Fortuño PNP Republican
2009 Pedro Pierluisi PNP Democratic

Key

This is a key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress.
Party abbreviations or full names are retained for universal visual access.
American (Know-Nothing) (K-N)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Adams (A)/
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)/
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Democratic (D)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer-Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Non-Partisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh.)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)
Independent / Unaffiliated
or changed during term

See also

References

  1. ^ "111th House Freshmen: Pedro Pierluisi, D-Puerto Rico (AL)", Congressional Quarterly (2008-11-05). Retrieved on 5 November 2008. 

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