Antonio Borja Won Pat

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 1951 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.

Won Pat and his late wife, Ana Salas Perez, are the parents of the Speaker of the Legislature of Guam, Judith Won Pat.^[1]

References

External links

• Antonio Borja Won Pat at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• NYTimes obituary
• Congressman Antonio B. Won Pat Biography at Guampedia, Guam's Online Encyclopedia