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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.
The following is an alphabetically ordered list of notable Latino members of ... Pete Aguilar – Congressman from California; ... Congressional Hispanic Caucus; List ...
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.
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.
Edward Chavez (former mayor of Stockton, California) Linda Chavez (political pundit; author) Rocky Chavez (California state representative) Gil Cisneros (current Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness) Jorge Luis Córdova (former resident commissioner from Puerto Rico in the U.S. Congress) Bob Cortes (Florida state representative)
Now Hispanic Republicans have launched a Hispanic Caucus of their own, with one notable holdout: State Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa-Bogh, R-Yucaipa, who cited a rejection of identity politics and ...
Salas was the first Latino elected to the Bakersfield City Council, and would be the first Latino to represent the Central Valley in Congress. “California will decide control of Congress, and ...
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