Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district

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	Local Party	National Party	Dates	Notes
District created: March 4, 1901
Federico Degetau y González	Republican	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	Popular Democratic	Democratic	January 3, 1945 - September 2, 1946	Appointed Governor of Puerto Rico
Vacant			September 2, 1946 - September 11, 1946
Antonio Fernós Isern	Popular Democratic	Democratic	September 11, 1946 - January 3, 1965	Declined to run
Santiago Polanco Abreu	Popular Democratic	Democratic	January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1969	Defeated
Jorge L. Córdova Díaz	New Progressive	Democratic	January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1973	Defeated
Jaime Benítez	Popular Democratic	Democratic	January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1977	Defeated
Baltasar Corrada del Río	New Progressive	Democratic	January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1985	Elected mayor of San Juan, PR
Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri	Popular Democratic	Democratic	January 3, 1985 - March 4, 1992	Appointed Puerto Rico Supreme Court justice
Antonio J. Colorado Laguna	Popular Democratic	Democratic	March 4, 1992 - January 3, 1993	Defeated
Carlos A. Romero Barceló	New Progressive	Democratic	January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001	Defeated
Aníbal S. Acevedo Vilá	Popular Democratic	Democratic	January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2005	Elected Governor of Puerto Rico
Luis G. Fortuño Burset	New Progressive	Republican	January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2009	Elected Governor of Puerto Rico
Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia	New Progressive	Democratic	January 3, 2009 - Present	Retiring in 2016 to run for Governor

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

Puerto Rico's congressional districts

All districts At-large See also Puerto Rico's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations Recent U.S. House elections in Puerto Rico: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 All U.S. districts Apportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering

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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