Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district

Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district
Current Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez[1] (R–San Juan)
Area 3,515 sq mi (9,100 km2)
Population (2000) 3,808,610
Median income 14,412
Ethnicity
Occupation

Puerto Rico is represented by a non-voting Resident Commissioner in the United States House of Representatives. The current Resident Commissioner is Jenniffer González.

Resident Commissioners Pre-Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Resident Commissioner Local Party National Party Dates Notes
District created: March 4, 1901
Federico Degetau y González Republican Republican March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1905 Declined to run
Tulio Larrínaga Union Party March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911 Declined to run
Luis Muñoz Rivera Union Party March 4, 1911 - November 15, 1916 Died
Vacant November 16, 1916 - August 6, 1917 Special election July 16, 1917
Félix L. M. Córdova Dávila Union Party August 7, 1917 - April 11, 1932 Appointed Puerto Rico Supreme Court justice
Vacant April 12, 1932 - April 14, 1932
José Lorenzo Pesquera Independent April 15, 1932 - March 3, 1933 Declined to run
Santiago Iglesias Pantín Socialist March 4, 1933 - December 5, 1939 Died
Vacant December 5, 1939 - December 26, 1939
Bolívar Pagán Republican Union December 26, 1939 - January 3, 1945 Declined to run
Jesús T. Piñero Jiménez Popular Democratic Democratic January 3, 1945 - September 2, 1946 Appointed Governor of Puerto Rico

Resident Commissioners under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

  Popular Democratic Party (6)
  New Progressive Party (6)

US Party Affiliation

  Democratic Party (10)
  Republican Party (2)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Took office Left office Party Affiliation
within U.S. politics		 Note
1 Antonio Fernós Isern
(1895–1974)		 September 11, 1946 January 3, 1965 Popular Democratic Party Democrat Declined to run
2 Santiago Polanco Abreu
(1920–1988)		 January 3, 1965 January 3, 1969 Popular Democratic Party Democrat Defeated
3 Jorge L. Córdova Díaz
(1907–1994)		 January 3, 1969 January 3, 1973 New Progressive Party Democrat Defeated
4 Jaime Benítez
(1908–2001)		 January 3, 1973 January 3, 1977 Popular Democratic Party Democrat Defeated
5 Baltasar Corrada del Río
(1935-)		 January 3, 1977 January 3, 1985 New Progressive Party Democrat Elected mayor of San Juan, PR
6 Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri
(1941–2007)		 January 3, 1985 March 4, 1992 Popular Democratic Party Democrat Appointed Puerto Rico Supreme Court justice
7 Antonio J. Colorado Laguna
(1939-)		 March 4, 1992 January 3, 1993 Popular Democratic Party Democrat Defeated
8 Carlos A. Romero Barceló
(1932-)		 January 3, 1993 January 3, 2001 New Progressive Party Democrat Defeated
9 Aníbal S. Acevedo Vilá
(1962-)		 January 3, 2001 January 3, 2005 Popular Democratic Party Democrat Elected Governor of Puerto Rico
10 Luis G. Fortuño Burset
(1960-)		 January 3, 2005 January 3, 2009 New Progressive Party Republican Elected Governor of Puerto Rico
11 Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia
(1959-)		 January 3, 2009 January 3, 2017 New Progressive Party Democrat Retired in 2016 to run for Governor of Puerto Rico
12 Jenniffer A. González Colón
(1976-)		 January 3, 2017 Present New Progressive Party Republican

References

  1. ↑ In the 115th Congress, Gonzalez caucuses with the Republican Party.


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