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Nicolás C. Acevedo (b. 1906) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Aguadilla, Aguadilla
Municipio, Puerto Rico, December
6, 1906.
Son of Pedro Acevedo and Ramona (Castillo) Acevedo.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1964.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond L. Acosta (b. 1925) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 31,
1925.
Son of Ramon Acosta and Carmen Acosta.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; FBI
special agent; U.S.
Attorney for Puerto Rico, 1980-82; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1982-94; took senior status 1994.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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Eugenio Alfredo Alvarez (1918-1976) —
also known as Eugenio A. Alvarez —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bayamón, Bayamón
Municipio, Puerto Rico, July 21,
1918.
Son of Innocencio Alvarez and Juana (Rodriguez) Alvarez.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972;
member of New York
state assembly 75th District, 1973-74.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry.
Died, in Beekman Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
12, 1976 (age 57 years, 206
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1943
to Ines Leon. |
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Herman Badillo (b. 1929) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Caguas, Caguas
Municipio, Puerto Rico, August
21, 1929.
Son of Francisco Badillo and Carmen (Rivera) Badillo.
Lawyer;
accountant;
borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1966-69; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1967;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1988;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1969 (Democratic primary), 1973
(Democratic primary), 1977 (Democratic primary), 2001 (Republican
primary); U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1971-77; Democratic
candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1986.
Protestant.
Puerto Rican ancestry. Member, Beta
Gamma Sigma.
First
person of Puerto Rican birth to have a vote in the U.S. Congress.
Still living as of 2009.
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Celeste Benitez —
of Rio Piedras, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico secretary of education, 1991; member of Democratic
National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1996; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1996;
Popular Democratic candidate for Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1996.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 1996.
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Jaime Benitez Rexach (1908-2001) —
also known as Jaime Benitez —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Vieques, Vieques
Municipio, Puerto Rico, October
29, 1908.
Lawyer;
university
professor; chancellor
of the University of Puerto Rico, 1942-66; president
of the Puerto Rico University System, 1966-71; Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1973-77;
defeated, 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Puerto Rico, 1976.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, May 30,
2001 (age 92 years, 213
days).
Interment at Cementerio
de Santa Maria Magdalena, Santa Maria, Puerto Rico.
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Jose Gomez Brioso —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto
Rico, 1904,
1908
(alternate).
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jose Alberto Cabranes (b. 1940) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Mayagüez, Mayagüez
Municipio, Puerto Rico, December
22, 1940.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1979-94; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1994-.
Hispanic ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2010.
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Sila Maria Calderón (b. 1942) —
also known as Sila M. Calderón —
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
23, 1942.
Mayor
of San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1996-2000; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 2001-.
Female.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Maria E. Campos —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto
Rico, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Female.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nora Chavez —
of Washington,
D.C.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Puerto Rico, 1944.
Female.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 1944.
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José Maria Esteva (b. 1860) —
Born in San Germán, San
Germán Municipio, Puerto Rico, April 29,
1860.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Puerto Plata, 1909-14.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Augustin Fernández —
Autentico candidate for Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1944.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Modesto Velazquez Flores —
also known as M. Velazquez Flores —
of Las Piedras, Las Piedras
Municipio, Puerto Rico; Humacao, Humacao
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto
Rico, 1944,
1956
(alternate), 1960.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 1960.
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Manual Font —
United Parties candidate for Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1944.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jaime B. Fuster (1941-2007) —
of Rio Piedras, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico; San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Guayama, Guayama
Municipio, Puerto Rico, January
12, 1941.
Lawyer;
law
professor; president,
Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 1981-84; Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1985-92; resigned
1992; justice of
Puerto Rico supreme court, 1992-2007; appointed 1992; died in
office 2007.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Guaynabo, Guaynabo
Municipio, Puerto Rico, December
3, 2007 (age 66 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon (b. 1942) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
4, 1942.
U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1994-.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 1998.
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Olga A. Mendez —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mayagüez, Mayagüez
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1980,
1984,
1988
(speaker);
member of New York
state senate, 1993; defeated (Republican), 2004.
Female.
Puerto Rican ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2004.
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José Luis Alberto Muñoz Marin
(1898-1980) —
also known as Luis Muñoz Marin; "Father of
Modern Puerto Rico" —
Born in Old San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, February
18, 1898.
Son of Luis
Muñoz Rivera and Amalia Marin Castilla.
Author;
Governor
of Puerto Rico, 1949-65.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
The Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan is named for
him, as is the Luis Muñoz Marín School in
Barranquitas.
Died April 30,
1980 (age 82 years, 72
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Luis Muñoz Rivera (1859-1916) —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Barranquitas, Barranquitas
Municipio, Puerto Rico, July 17,
1859.
Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1911-16; died in
office 1916.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Died in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, November
15, 1916 (age 57 years, 121
days).
Interment at San
Antonio de Padua's Cemetery, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico.
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Rafael Nieto y Abeille —
U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1900.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
13, 1922.
Democrat. School
teacher; welder; social
worker; founder, in 1961, of ASPIRA, a non-profit organization
which promotes education and community for Puerto Rican and other
Latino youth; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967;
received the Medal
of Freedom, 1996; inducted into the Hunter College Hall of
Fame.
Female.
Puerto Rican ancestry. Lesbian.
Died, of cancer, in
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
2002 (age 79 years, 253
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eddie Alberto Perez (born c.1957) —
also known as Eddie A. Perez —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Corozal, Corozal
Municipio, Puerto Rico, about 1957.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2004;
investigated
in 2007 over possible conflict
of interest in hiring a city contractor for renovations at his
home.
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Pedro Pierluisi (b. 1959) —
of Guaynabo, Guaynabo
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, April 26,
1959.
Lawyer;
Puerto
Rico secretary of justice, 1993-96; Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 2009-.
Catholic.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Jesús Toribio Piñero (1897-1952) —
also known as Jesús T. Piñero —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Carolina, Carolina
Municipio, Puerto Rico, April 16,
1897.
Resident
Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico, 1945-46; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1946-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Puerto Rico, 1948.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Died in Loíza, Loíza
Municipio, Puerto Rico, November
19, 1952 (age 55 years, 217
days).
Interment at Carolina
Cemetery, Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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Adam Clayton Powell IV (b. 1962) —
also known as Adam Clayton Powell Diago —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, 1962.
Son of Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr. and Yvette Diago (Flores) Powell.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1994; candidate in primary for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1997; member of New York
state assembly, 2001-.
African
and Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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Roberto Ramirez (b. 1950) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Juana Díaz, Juana
Díaz Municipio, Puerto Rico, April 5,
1950.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1991-2000 (77th District 1991-92, 78th District
1993-2000); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
Presidential Elector for New York, 2000;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 2004-08.
Hispanic ancestry. Member, Phi
Theta Kappa.
Still living as of 2008.
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Manuel Ramos (b. 1917) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Puerto Rico, November
23, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly 79th District, 1967-72.
Puerto Rican ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Still living as of 1972.
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Jose Ramos Lopes (b. 1915) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bayamón, Bayamón
Municipio, Puerto Rico, December
2, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1959-67 (New York County 14th District 1959-65,
75th District 1966, 70th District 1967).
Catholic.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives:
Married to Aida Cartagena. |
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Carlos M. Rios (1914-1980) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, March 5,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; president,
Independent Theater Employees Union; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1963-65.
Protestant.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Died, following a stroke, in
the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 6,
1980 (age 66 years, 93
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Candida Santos. |
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Horacio Rivero (1910-2000) —
also known as "Rivets" —
of California.
Born in Ponce, Ponce
Municipio, Puerto Rico, May 16,
1910.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1972-74.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
First
U.S. Navy four-star admiral of Hispanic heritage.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., September
24, 2000 (age 90 years, 131
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Hazel Rivero (1908-1997). |
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Pedró J. Rosselló —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Democrat. Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Puerto Rico, 1996,
2000.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2001.
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José Enrique Serrano (b. 1943) —
also known as José E. Serrano —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Mayagüez, Mayagüez
Municipio, Puerto Rico, October
24, 1943.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1975-90 (75th District 1975-82, 73rd District
1983-90); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008,
2008;
candidate in primary for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1985; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1990-2003 (18th District 1990-93,
16th District 1993-2003).
Catholic.
Hispanic ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Juan B. Torruella (b. 1933) —
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, June 7,
1933.
U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1974-84; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1984.
Hispanic ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Gloria Tristani —
of New Mexico.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1997-2001; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 2002.
Female.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Julio Herpers Valdés (b. 1895) —
also known as Julio H. Valdés —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Aviles, Spain,
January
13, 1895.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto
Rico, 1944,
1948.
Christian.
Spanish ancestry. Member, Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nydia Margarita Velázquez (b. 1953) —
also known as Nydia M. Velázquez —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Yabucoa, Yabucoa
Municipio, Puerto Rico, March 28,
1953.
Democrat. Special assistant to U.S. Representative Edolphus
Towns, 1983; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker).
Female.
Catholic.
Puerto Rican ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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