Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district
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| Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district | ||
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| Current Resident Commissioner | Pedro Pierluisi[note 1] (D–San Juan) | |
| Area | 3,515 mi2 | |
| Population (2000) | 3,808,610 | |
| Median income | $14,412 | |
| Ethnicity | 6.8% White, 8.5% Black, 0.2% Asian, 80.5% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 3.6% other | |
| Occupation | 20.5% blue collar, 67.9% white collar, 11.6% gray collar | |
Puerto Rico is represented by a non-voting Resident Commissioner in the United States House of Representatives. The current Resident Commissioner is Pedro Pierluisi.[1]
List of Resident Commissioners
| Representative | Local Party | National Party | Dates | Notes | |
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| District created: March 4, 1901 | |||||
 Federico Degetau y González |
Republican | Republican | March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1905 | Declined to run | |
 Tulio Larrinaga |
Union Party | March 4, 1905 - March 3, 1911 | Declined to run | ||
 Luis Muñoz Rivera |
Union Party | March 4, 1911 - November 15, 1916 | Died | ||
| Vacant | November 16, 1916 - August 6, 1917 | Special election July 16, 1917 | |||
 Félix L. M. Córdova Dávila |
Union Party | August 7, 1917 - April 11, 1932 | Appointed Puerto Rico Supreme Court justice | ||
| Vacant | April 12, 1932 - April 14, 1932 | ||||
 José Lorenzo Pesquera |
Independent | April 15, 1932 - March 3, 1933 | Declined to run | ||
 Santiago Iglesias Pantín |
Socialist | March 4, 1933 - December 5, 1939 | Died | ||
| Vacant | December 5, 1939 - December 26, 1939 | ||||
 Bolívar Pagán |
Republican Union | December 26, 1939 - January 3, 1945 | Declined to run | ||
 Jesús T. Piñero Jiménez |
Popular Democratic | Democratic | January 3, 1945 - September 2, 1946 | Appointed Governor of Puerto Rico | |
| Vacant | September 2, 1946 - September 11, 1946 | ||||
 Antonio Fernós Isern |
Popular Democratic | Democratic | September 11, 1946 - January 3, 1965 | Declined to run | |
 Santiago Polanco Abreu |
Popular Democratic | Democratic | January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1969 | Defeated | |
 Jorge L. Córdova Díaz |
New Progressive | Republican | January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1973 | Defeated | |
 Jaime Benítez |
Popular Democratic | Democratic | January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1977 | Defeated | |
 Baltasar Corrada del Río |
New Progressive | Republican | January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1985 | Elected mayor of San Juan, PR | |
 Jaime B. Fuster Berlingeri |
Popular Democratic | Democratic | January 3, 1985 - March 4, 1992 | Appointed Puerto Rico Supreme Court justice | |
 Antonio J. Colorado Laguna |
Popular Democratic | Democratic | March 4, 1992 - January 3, 1993 | Defeated | |
 Carlos A. Romero Barceló |
New Progressive | Democratic | January 3, 1993 - January 3, 2001 | Defeated | |
| 75px Aníbal S. Acevedo Vilá | Popular Democratic | Democratic | January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2005 | Elected Governor of Puerto Rico | |
 Luis G. Fortuño Burset |
New Progressive | Republican | January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2009 | Elected Governor of Puerto Rico | |
 Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia |
New Progressive | Democratic | January 3, 2009 - Present | ||
Notes
- ↑ In the 113th Congress Pierluisi caucuses with the Democratic Party.
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