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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.
Carlos Giminez (U.S. representative from Florida, former mayor of Miami-Dade County) Mario Goico (former Kansas state representative) Gabriel Gomez (Republican nominee for Senate in Massachusetts in the 2013 special election) Alberto Gonzales (80th United States attorney general) Tony Gonzales (U.S. representative for Texas's 23rd district)
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.
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.
(That's what Latino Republicans did in Congress, forming the Congressional Hispanic Conference in 2003 to distinguish themselves from the heavily Democratic Congressional Hispanic Caucus.)
CHC members in 2005 with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) is a Republican sponsored caucus in the United States Congress. Currently with 20 members, the CHC was formed in 2003, with the stated goal of promoting policy outcomes of importance to Americans of Hispanic or Lusitanic descent. [1]
Sen. Alex Padilla, shown at an election night rally in L.A., became the first Latino whom Californians elected to the U.S. Senate. He had been appointed to the post to fill Kamala Harris' seat.
Last month, on at least two occasions, Democratic senators in the CHC huddled with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and said they did not believe Republicans were negotiating in good ...