Antonio Borja Won Pat

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Antonio Borja Won Pat (December 10, 1908 – May 1, 1987) was the first Delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives.

He was born in Sumay, Guam, and worked as a teacher. He was first elected to the Advisory Guam Congress in 1936. In 1948 he became speaker of the Guam Assembly. In 1965 he was elected as a Democrat as Guam’s first representative to Washington, DC. He was re-elected in 1968 and served until 1970. In 1972, he was elected as Guam's first delegate to Congress. He served six terms, until he was defeated for re-election in 1984 by Republican Ben Blaz.

Won Pat retired to Sinajana, Guam, and died in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is interred in the Veterans Cemetery, Piti, Guam. The Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport is named for him.

[edit] External links

• Antonio Borja Won Pat at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• NYTimes obituary

Preceded by None

Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Guam 1973–1985

Succeeded by Ben Garrido Blaz