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This is a list of Hispanic and Latino Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Persons included are identified as having a lineage from Spain or Latin America, a definition that includes Brazil, but not Portugal. Entries shaded in gray refer to current members of the U.S. Congress.
Hispanic and Latino American politicians continued to make gains in important positions in Congress, and for the first time in this period had an equal number of full voting members in Congress and non-voting delegates. [1] The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was founded in 1976. Pictured are members of the Caucus gathered together in 1984.
Along with Mondaire Jones, Torres was the first openly gay African American elected to Congress, [43] and the first openly gay Hispanic member of Congress. [1] Becca Balint: Democratic: Vermont: January 3, 2023: Incumbent 2 years, 47 days Balint is openly lesbian. [44] Robert Garcia: Democratic: California: January 3, 2023: Incumbent 2 years ...
This page lists Hispanic and Latino American people who have been members of the United States Congress. (The Library of Congress has a complete list of biographies of 'Hispanic Americans in Congress' through to 1995
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) was organized in 1976 by five Hispanic Congressmen: Herman Badillo (NY), Baltasar Corrada del Río (PR), Kika de la Garza (TX), Henry B. Gonzalez (TX) and Edward Roybal (CA), to serve as a legislative organization through which legislative action, as well as executive and judicial actions, could be monitored to ensure the needs of Hispanics were being met.
Ted Cruz (U.S. senator from Texas, former Texas Solicitor General) Mike Curb (musician, record company executive, former lieutenant governor of California) Carlos Curbelo (former U.S. congressman from Florida) Baltasar Corrada del Río (former resident commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress) Alessandro Cutrona (Ohio state ...
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
Polly Baca – Chair of the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives (1976–79) and member of the Colorado State Senate and the House and Senate of a state Legislature. Herman Badillo – former Congressman from New York; Hector Balderas – New Mexico Attorney General; Nanette Barragán – Congresswoman from California