Jorge Luis Córdova

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This article is about the U.S. Congress member. For the NFL player, see Jorge Cordova.

Jorge Luis Córdova Díaz (April 20, 1907 – September 16, 1994) was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. His father, Félix Córdova Dávila, also served as Resident Commissioner from 1917 to 1932.

Born in Manatí, Puerto Rico, Córdova attained his A.B. at Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, in 1928. LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1931. He was a lawyer in private practice. He served as a Superior Court judge in San Juan from 1940 to 1945. He served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1945 to 1946.

Córdova was unexpectedly elected, as the New Progressive Party candidate for Resident Commissioner, to the Ninety-First Congress for a four-year term (1969-1973). His victory as gubernatorial candidate Luis A. Ferré's running mate, was unexpected since the Popular Democratic Party had ruled Puerto Rico for 28 consecutive years. Although a Republican, he sat with the Democrats in caucus. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972, and became a business executive.

Prior to Córdova's death, Senator Kenneth McClintock authored legislation, signed by Governor Pedro Rosselló, that created the Córdova Congressional Internship Program honoring Córdova Díaz and his father and Congressional predecessor, Félix Córdova Dávila. The program allows 40 college students to spend a semester-long internship in the United States Congress every year. Since its inception, over 400 students have participated in the program which is run by The Washington Center for Academic Internships and Scholarships and a joint committee of Puerto Rico's Legislative Assembly, chaired for many years by McClintock.

He died on September 16, 1994, in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the age of 87.