Hispanics in Congress

Table organized by date containing Hispanics in House of Representatives and Senate.

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Subjects:

Social Studies and History

Mexican History and Hispanic Heritage

Government and Civics

Holidays:

Hispanic Heritage Month

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House of Representatives

Dates	Name	Party	State/Territory
1822-1823	Joseph Marion Hernandez	Whig	delegate of the territory of Florida
1853-1857	Jose Manuel Gallegos	Democrat	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1856-1861	Miguel Antonio Otero	Democrat	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1863-1865	Francisco Perea	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1865-1867	Jose Francisco Chaves	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1871-1873	Jose Manuel Gallegos	Democrat	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1877-1878	Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	California
1877-1879	Trinidad Romero	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1879-1881	Mariano Sabino Otero	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1879-1883	Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	California
1881-1884	Tranquilino Luna	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1884-1885	Francisco Antonio Manzanares	Democrat	delegate of the territory of New Mexico

Dates	Name	Party	State/Territory
1899-1901	Pedro Perea	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1901-1905	Federico Degetau	Insular Republican	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1905-1911	Tulio Larrinaga	Unionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1911-1916	Luis Munoz Rivera	Unionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1913-1927	Ladislas Lazaro	Democrat	Louisiana
1915-1917	Benigno Cardenas Hernandez	Republican	New Mexico
1917-1932	Felix Cordova Davila	Unionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1919-1921	Benigno Cardenas Hernandez	Republican	New Mexico
1921-1923	Nestor Montoya	Republican	New Mexico
1931-1935	Dennis Chavez	Democrat	New Mexico
1931-1941	Joachim Octave Fernandez	Democrat	Louisiana
1932-1933	Jose Lorenzo Pesquera	non-partisan	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1932-1939	Santiago Iglesias	Coalitionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1939-1945	Bolivar Pagan	Coalitionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico

Dates	Name	Party	State/Territory
1943-1956	Antonio Manuel Fernandez	Democrat	New Mexico
1945-1946	Jesus T. Pinero	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1946-1965	Antonio Fernos-Isern	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1957-1964	Joseph Manuel Montoya	Democrat	New Mexico
1961-1998	Henry B. Gonzalez	Democrat	Texas
1963-1993	Edward R. Roybal	Democrat	California
1965-1969	Santiago Polanco-Abreu Isern	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1965-1997	Eligio "Kika" de la Garza II	Democrat	Texas
1969-1973	Jorge Luis Cordova Diaz	New Progressive	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1969-1989	Manuel Lujan, Jr.	Republican	New Mexico
1971-1977	Herman Badillo	Democrat	New York
1973-1977	Jaime Benitez	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1973-1979	Ron de Lugo	Democrat	delegate of the Virgin Islands
1977-1985	Baltasar Corrada del Rio	New Progressive	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1978-1990	Robert Garcia	Democrat	New York
1979-1989	Anthony Lee Coelho	Democrat	California

Dates	Name	Party	State/Territory
1981-1995	Ron de Lugo	Democrat	delegate of the Virgin Islands
1982-2001	Matthew G. Martinez	Democrat	California
1983-1997	William B. Richardson	Democrat	New Mexico
1983-	Solomon P. Ortiz	Democrat	Texas
1983-1999	Esteban Torres	Democrat	California
1985-1992	Jaime B. Fuster	Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1985-1993	Ben Blaz Garrido	Republican	Guam
1985-1993	Albert G. Bustamante	Democrat	Texas
1989-	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	Florida
1990-	Jose E. Serrano	Democrat	New York
1991-	Ed Lopez Pastor	Democrat	Arizona
1992-1993	Antonio J. Colorado Fuster	Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1993-1997	Frank M. Tejeda	Democrat	Texas
1993-2001	Carlos Antonio Romero-Barcelo Fuster	New Progressive	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1993-	Xavier Becerra	Democrat	California
1993-	Henry Bonilla	Republican	Texas
1993-	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Democrat	Florida
1993-	Luis Gutierrez	Democrat	Illinois
1993-	Robert Menendez	Democrat	New Jersey
1993-	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	California
1993-2002	Robert A. Underwood	Democrat	Guam
1993-	Nydia M. Velazquez	Democrat	New York
1996-	Silvestre Reyes	Democrat	Texas
1997-	Ruben Hinojosa	Democrat	Texas
1997-2005	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Democrat	Texas
1997-	Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	California
1999-	Joe Baca	Democrat	California
1999-	Charles A. Gonzalez	Democrat	Texas
1999-	Grace Napolitano	Democrat	California
2001-	Hilda Solis	Democrat	California
2001-2005	Anibal Acevedo-Vila	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
2003-	Dennis A. Cardoza	Democrat	Calfornia
2003-	Mario Diaz-Balart	Democrat	Florida
2003-	Raul M. Grijalva	Democrat	Arizona
2003-	Devin Nunes	Democrat	Calfornia
2003-	Linda T. Sanchez	Democrat	Calfornia

Note: A resident commissioner is entitled to speak, but not to vote, in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Senate

Dates	Name	Party	State/Territory
1928-1929	Octaviano Larrazolo	Republican	New Mexico
1935-1962	Dennis Chavez	Democrat	New Mexico
1964-1977	Joseph Manuel Montoya	Democrat	New Mexico