Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico |
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Residence | Guaynabo, Puerto Rico |
Term length | Four years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | Federico Degetau |
Formation | January 2, 1900 |
Website | pierluisi.house.gov |
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The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico (Spanish: El Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico) is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico every four years. The Resident Commissioner is the only member of the House of Representatives who serves a four-year term.[1]
The Commissioner is allowed to serve on congressional committees, and functions in every respect as a Representative except being denied a vote on the final disposition of legislation on the House floor.
In most other U.S. territories, a similar representative position is styled Delegate.
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This is a complete list of Resident Commissioners of Puerto Rico:
Year(s) served | Name | Puerto Rican Party | National Party |
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1901–1905 | Federico Degetau | Republican | Republican |
1905–1911 | Tulio Larrinaga | Unionist | |
1911–1916 | Luis Muñoz-Rivera | Unionist | |
1917–1932 | Félix Córdova Dávila | Unionist | |
1932–1933 | José Lorenzo Pesquera | Nonpartisan | |
1933–1939 | Santiago Iglesias-Pantín | Coalitionist | Socialist |
1939–1945 | Bolívar Pagán | Coalitionist | Socialist |
1945–1946 | Jesús T. Piñero | Popular Democratic | Democratic |
1946–1965 | Antonio Fernós-Isern | Popular Democratic | Democratic |
1965–1969 | Santiago Polanco-Abreú | Popular Democratic | Democratic |
1969–1973 | Jorge Luis Córdova-Díaz | New Progressive | Republican |
1973–1977 | Jaime Benítez | Popular Democratic | Democratic |
1977–1985 | Baltasar Corrada-Del Río | New Progressive | Democratic |
1985–1992 | Jaime Fuster | Popular Democratic | Democratic |
1992–1993 | Antonio Colorado | Popular Democratic | Democratic |
1993–2001 | Carlos Romero Barceló | New Progressive | Democratic |
2001–2005 | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | Popular Democratic | Democratic |
2005–2009 | Luis Fortuño | New Progressive | Republican |
2009-present | Pedro Pierluisi | New Progressive | Democratic |
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