Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district

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Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district

Current Resident Commissioner		Pedro Pierluisi^{[note 1]} (D–San Juan)
Area	3,515 mi²
Population (2000)	3,808,610
Median income	$14,412
Ethnicity	6.8% White, 8.5% Black, 0.2% Asian, 80.5% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 3.6% other
Occupation	20.5% blue collar, 67.9% white collar, 11.6% gray collar

Puerto Rico is represented by a non-voting Resident Commissioner in the United States House of Representatives. The current Resident Commissioner is Pedro Pierluisi.^[1]

List of Resident Commissioners

Representative	Party	Dates	Notes
District created: March 4, 1901
Federico Degetau y González	Republican	March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1905	Declined to run
Tulio Larrinaga	Union Party	March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911	Declined to run
Luis Muñoz Rivera	Union Party	March 4, 1911 - November 15, 1916	Died
Vacant		November 16, 1916 - August 6, 1917	Special election July 16, 1917
Félix L. M. Córdova Dávila	Union Party	August 7, 1917 - April 11, 1932	Appointed Puerto Rico Supreme Court justice
Vacant		April 12, 1932 - April 14, 1932
José Lorenzo Pesquera	Independent	April 15, 1932 - March 3, 1933	Declined to run
Santiago Iglesias Pantín	Socialist	March 4, 1933 - December 5, 1939	Died
Vacant			December 5, 1939 - December 26, 1939
Bolívar Pagán	Republican Union	December 26, 1939 - January 3, 1945	Declined to run
Jesús T. Piñero Jiménez	PDP/Democratic	January 3, 1945 - September 2, 1946	Appointed Governor of Puerto Rico
Vacant		September 2, 1946 - September 11, 1946
Antonio Fernós Isern	PDP/Democratic	September 11, 1946 - January 3, 1965	Declined to run
Santiago Polanco Abreu	PDP/Democratic	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1969	Defeated
Jorge L. Córdova Díaz	NPP/Republican	January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1973	Defeated
Jaime Benítez	PDP/Democratic	January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1977	Defeated
Baltasar Corrada del Río	NPP/Republican	January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1985	Elected mayor of San Juan, PR
Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri	PDP/Democratic	January 3, 1985 - March 4, 1992	Appointed Puerto Rico Supreme Court justice
Antonio J. Colorado Laguna	PDP/Democratic	March 4, 1992 - January 3, 1993	Defeated
Carlos A. Romero Barceló	NPP/Democratic	January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001	Defeated
Aníbal S. Acevedo Vilá	PDP/Democratic	January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2005	Elected Governor of Puerto Rico
Luis G. Fortuño Burset	NPP/Republican	January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2009	Elected Governor of Puerto Rico
Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia	NPP/Democratic	January 3, 2009 - Present

Notes

↑ In the 113th Congress Pierluisi caucuses with the Democratic Party.

References

↑ Res. Com. Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR, At-Large) - The Almanac of American Politics

v t e Puerto Rico's congressional districts

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v t e Resident Commissioners of Puerto Rico

Degetau Larrinaga Muñoz Rivera Córdova Dávila Pesquera Iglesias Pagán Piñero Fernós-Isern Polanco Córdova Benítez Corrada del Río Fuster Colorado Romero Barceló Acevedo Vilá Fortuño Pierluisi

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