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Federico Degetau (1862 - 1914)
Federico Degetau was a Puerto Rican politician, lawyer, writer, author, and the first Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States House of Representatives. Wikipedia Student file ...
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Félix Córdova Dávila (1878 - 1938)
Félix Córdova Dávila was a political leader and judge from Puerto Rico who served as Puerto Rico's fourth Resident Commissioner in Congress and later as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pue...
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Tulio Larrínaga (1847 - 1917)
Tulio Larrínaga was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. Wikipedia Baptism Immigration to New York City, New York, United States (1904) 1910 United States census Death
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Jaime Fuster (1941 - 2007)
Jaime Fuster was a politician who served as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. Justice Fuster, along with Justice Liana Fiol Matta, was considered the leading liberal voice in th...
Jaime Benítez Rexach, 1.er Presidente de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (1908 - 2001)
Jaime Benítez Rexach was a Puerto Rican author, academic and politician. He was the longest serving chancellor and the first president of the University of Puerto Rico. Wikipedia

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The resident commissioner of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico) is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico every four years,[1] the only member of the House of Representatives who serves a four-year term. Because the commissioner represents the entire territory of Puerto Rico irrespective of its population, and is not subject to congressional apportionment like those House members representing the 50 states, Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district is the largest congressional district by population in all of the United States.

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Puerto Rico's current delegation to the United States House of Representatives as of January 2023:

At-large district -- Jenniffer González