List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress

This is a list of Hispanic and Latino Americans who have served in the United States Congress.

1 Senate
2 House of Representatives
- 2.1 House Delegates (non-voting members)
3 See also

Senate

Senator	Party	State	Term
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo	Republican	New Mexico	1928-1929
Dennis Chavez	Democrat	New Mexico	1935-1962
Joseph Montoya	Democrat	New Mexico	1964-1977
Mel Martínez	Republican	Florida	2005-2009
Ken Salazar	Democrat	Colorado	2005-2009
Bob Menendez	Democrat	New Jersey	2006-present
Marco Rubio	Republican	Florida	2011-present

House of Representatives

Representative	Party	State	Term
Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	California	1877-1878, 1879-1883
Benigno C. Hernández	Republican	New Mexico	1915-1917, 1919-1921
Néstor Montoya	Republican	New Mexico	1921-1923
Dennis Chavez	Democrat	New Mexico	1931-1935
Joachim O. Fernández	Democrat	Louisiana	1931-1941
Antonio M. Fernández	Democrat	New Mexico	1943-1956
Joseph Montoya	Democrat	New Mexico	1957-1964
Henry B. Gonzalez	Democrat	Texas	1961-1999
Edward R. Roybal	Democrat	California	1963-1993
Kika de la Garza	Democrat	Texas	1965-1997
Manuel Lujan, Jr.	Republican	New Mexico	1969-1989
Herman Badillo	Democrat	New York	1973-1977
Robert García	Democrat	New York	1978-1990
Matthew G. Martinez	Democrat, Republican	California	1982-2001
Bill Richardson	Democrat	New Mexico	1983-1997
Solomon P. Ortiz	Democrat	Texas	1983-2011
Esteban Edward Torres	Democrat	California	1983-1999
Albert Bustamante	Democrat	Texas	1985-1993
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	Florida	1989-present
José Serrano	Democrat	New York	1990-present
Ed Pastor	Democrat	Arizona	1991-present
Frank Tejeda	Democrat	Texas	1993-1997
Bob Menendez	Democrat	New Jersey	1993-2006
Xavier Becerra	Democrat	California	1993-present
Henry Bonilla	Republican	Texas	1993-2007
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Republican	Florida	1993-2011
Luis Gutiérrez	Democrat	Illinois	1993-present
Richard Pombo	Republican	California	1993-2007
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	California	1993-present
Nydia Velázquez	Democrat	New York	1993-present
Silvestre Reyes	Democrat	Texas	1997-present
Ciro Rodriguez	Democrat	Texas	1997-2005, 2007-2011
Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	Texas	1997-present
Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	California	1997-present
Joe Baca	Democrat	California	1999-present
Charlie Gonzalez	Democrat	Texas	1999-present
Grace Napolitano	Democrat	California	1999-present
Hilda Solis	Democrat	California	2001-2009
Mario Diaz-Balart	Republican	Florida	2003-present
Raúl Grijalva	Democrat	Arizona	2003-present
Linda Sánchez	Democrat	California	2003-present
Henry Cuellar	Democrat	Texas	2005-present
John Salazar	Democrat	Colorado	2005-2011
Albio Sires	Democrat	New Jersey	2006-present
Ben R. Luján	Democrat	New Mexico	2009-present
Francisco "Quico" Canseco	Republican	Texas	2011-present
Bill Flores	Republican	Texas	2011-present
Jaime Herrera	Republican	Washington	2011-present
Raúl Labrador	Republican	Idaho	2011-present
David Rivera	Republican	Florida	2011-present

House Delegates (non-voting members)

Representative	Party	Territory	Term
Joseph Marion Hernández	Whig	Florida Territory	1822-1823
José Manuel Gallegos	Democrat	New Mexico Territory	1853-1856, 1871-1873
Miguel Antonio Otero	Democrat	New Mexico Territory	1856-1861
Francisco Perea	Republican	New Mexico Territory	1863-1865
José Francisco Chaves	Republican	New Mexico Territory	1865-1867, 1869-1871
Trinidad Romero	Republican	New Mexico Territory	1877-1879
Tranquilino Luna	Republican	New Mexico Territory	1881-1884
Francisco Antonio Manzanares	Non-Partisan	New Mexico Territory	1884-1885
Pedro Perea	Republican	New Mexico Territory	1899-1901
Federico Degetau	Insular Republican	Puerto Rico	1901-1905
Tulio Larrinaga	Unionist	Puerto Rico	1905-1911
Luis Muñoz Rivera	Unionist	Puerto Rico	1911-1916
Félix Córdova Dávila	Unionist	Puerto Rico	1917-1932
José Lorenzo Pesquera	Non-Partisan	Puerto Rico	1932-1933
Santiago Iglesias	Coalitionist	Puerto Rico	1932-1939
Bolívar Pagán	Coalitionist	Puerto Rico	1939-1945
Jesús T. Piñero	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	1945-1946
Antonio Fernós-Isern	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	1946-1965
Santiago Polanco Abreu	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	1965-1969
Jorge Luis Córdova	New Progressive	Puerto Rico	1969-1973
Jaime Benítez	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	1973-1977
Baltasar Corrada del Río	New Progressive	Puerto Rico	1977-1985
Jaime Fuster	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	1985-1992
Antonio Colorado	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	1992-1993
Carlos Romero Barceló	New Progressive	Puerto Rico	1993-2001
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Popular Democratic	Puerto Rico	2001-2005
Luis Fortuño	New Progressive	Puerto Rico	2005-2009
Pedro Pierluisi	New Progressive	Puerto Rico	2009-present

Current members	By length of service Freshmen Youngest members Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Delegates Longest-serving members ever

Senate	Current Current by seniority Current by age Dean of the Senate Former senators Living former senators Oldest Earliest serving Earliest living Expelled or censured Classes

House	Current Current by seniority Current by age Dean of the House Former representatives Living former representatives Oldest Oldest living Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Deaths by year (2008 2009 2010 2011 2012)

Women and minority members	African American members Hispanic and Latino members Asian Pacific American members Congressional Member Organizations (caucuses) Women in the House Women in the Senate

Districts	Apportionment Districts by area

Privileges and benefits	Salaries Franking Congressional immunity

Leaders

Senate	President (list) President pro tempore (list) Majority and minority leaders Assistant party leaders Democratic Caucus (Chair Secretary Policy Committee Chair) Republican Conference (Chair Vice-Chair Policy Committee Chair)

House	Speaker (list) Majority and minority leaders Party whips Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Democratic Caucus Republican Conference

Offices and
employees

Government Accountability Office (Comptroller General) Congressional Budget Office Architect of the Capitol Capitol Police (Capitol Police Board) Capitol Guide Service (Capitol Guide Board) Office of Compliance Library of Congress Government Printing Office Office of Technology Assessment

Senate employees	Secretary Chaplain Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper Curator Historian Librarian Parliamentarian Pages

Senate offices	Office of the Secretary: Senate Library Office of Senate Curator Senate Historical Office

House employees	Clerk Chief Administrative Officer Chaplain Doorkeeper Postmaster Sergeant at Arms Historian Parliamentarian Reading Clerk Pages (Page Board)

House leadership employees	Majority Floor Services Chief Director of Floor Operations

House offices	Congressional Ethics Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations Interparliamentary Affairs Law Revision Counsel

Powers,
procedure
and customs

Powers

Enumerated	Article I Taxing and Spending Commerce Dormant Commerce Naturalization Copyright Declaration of War Clause Impeachment Power of enforcement

Implied	Necessary and Proper Clause Contempt of Congress

Legislative and
parliamentary
procedure

Committees

Senate-specific

Items

History

Capitol
Complex

Capitol

Office
buildings

House	Cannon Ford Longworth Rayburn O'Neill House Office Building Commission

Senate	Dirksen Hart Russell

Other
facilities

Library of
Congress and
Government
Printing Office

Library of Congress	Congressional Research Service (reports) Law Library THOMAS Copyright Office (Register of Copyrights) Poet Laureate Jefferson Building Adams Building Madison Building

Government Printing Office	Public Printer of the United States Congressional Record Official Congressional Directory United States Congressional Serial Set United States Statutes at Large United States Code

Media

Miscellaneous

Websites:

	Government of the United States portal
	Latino and Hispanic American portal

List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress

Contents

Senate

House of Representatives

House Delegates (non-voting members)

See also