Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

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The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is a nonvoting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico every four years.

The Commissioner is allowed to serve on congressional committees, and functions in every respect as a Representative except being denied a vote on the final disposal of legislation (a "floor vote").

In most other U.S. territories, a similar representative position is styled Delegate.

[edit] List of Resident Commissioners

This is a complete list of Resident Commissioners of Puerto Rico:

Year(s) served	Name	Puerto Rican Party	United States Party
2005 - present	Luis Fortuño-Burset	PNP	Republican
2001 - 2005	Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá	PPD	Democratic
1993 - 2001	Carlos Romero Barceló	PNP	Democratic
1992 - 1993	Antonio Colorado	PPD	Democratic
1985 - 1992	Jaime Fuster	PPD	Democratic
1977 - 1985	Baltasar Corrada del Río	PNP	Democratic & Republican (in different periods)
1973 - 1977	Jaime Benitez	PPD	Democratic
1969 - 1973	Jorge Luis Córdova Díaz	PNP	Republican
1965 - 1969	Santiago Polanco Abreu	PPD	Democratic
1946 - 1965	Antonio Fernós Isern	PPD	Democratic
1945 - 1946	Jesús T. Piñero	PPD	Democratic
1939 - 1945	Bolívar Pagán	Coalitionist	Republican
1933 - 1939	Santiago Iglesias Pantín	Coalitionist	Republican
1932 - 1933	José Lorenzo Pesquera	Nonpartisan
1917 - 1932	Felix Cordova Davila	Unionist
1911 - 1916	Luis Muñoz Rivera	Unionist
1905 - 1911	Tulio Larrinaga	Unionist
1901 - 1905	Federico Degetau		Republican

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Resident Commissioner (U.S. House)

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