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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.
Sen. Octaviano Larrazolo, a Republican from New Mexico, the first Hispanic or Latino American to serve in the United States Senate, was elected in 1928. One of the major questions that arose in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War in 1898 was the question of territorial status on the mainland and abroad.
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 .)
Among the various Mexican or Mexican-American political groups are: The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) is a 501(c)(4) nonpartisan membership organization whose constituency includes the nation’s more than 6,000 elected and appointed Latino officials. www.naleo.org
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
Three former members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) are launching a super PAC to expand Hispanic representation on Capitol Hill. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) and former ...
LULAC, the oldest Latino civil rights organization, has broken with its past practice of not endorsing political candidates and are endorsing the Harris-Walz Democratic presidential ticket.
Hispanic and Latino American city council members (1 C, 87 P) American politicians of Colombian descent (30 P) Hispanic and Latino American members of the United States Congress (1 C, 151 P)