Hispanics in Congress

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Source: Library of Congress

House of Representatives | Senate

House of Representatives

1800s | 1900-1950
1950-1980 | 1980-Present

Dates	Name	Party	State/Territory
1822-1823	Joseph Marion Hernández	Whig	delegate of the territory of Florida
1853-1857	José Manuel Gallegos	Democrat	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1856-1861	Miguel Antonio Otero	Democrat	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1863-1865	Francisco Perea	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1865-1867	José Francisco Chaves	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1871-1873	José Manuel Gallegos	Democrat	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1877-1878	Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	California
1877-1879	Trinidad Romero	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1879-1881	Mariano Sabino Otero	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1879-1883	Romualdo Pacheco	Republican	California
1881-1884	Tranquilino Luna	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1884-1885	Francisco Antonio Manzanares	Democrat	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
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1899-1901	Pedro Peara	Republican	delegate of the territory of New Mexico
1901-1905	Federico Degetau	Insular Republican	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1905-1911	Tulio Larrinaga	Unionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1911-1916	Luis Muñoz Rivera	Unionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1913-1927	Ladislas Lazaro	Democrat	Louisiana
1915-1917	Benigno Cárdenas Hernandez	Republican	New Mexico
1917-1932	Félix Córdova Davila	Unionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1919-1921	Benigno Cárdenas Hernandez	Republican	New Mexico
1921-1923	Néstor Montoya	Republican	New Mexico
1931-1935	Dennis Chavez	Democrat	New Mexico
1931-1941	Joachim Octave Fernandez	Democrat	Louisiana
1932-1933	José Lorenzo Pesquera	non-partisan	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1932-1939	Santiago Iglesias	Coalitionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1939-1945	Bolívar Pagan	Coalitionist	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
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1943-1956	Antonio Manuel Fernandez	Democrat	New Mexico
1945-1946	Jesús T. Pinero	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1946-1965	Antonio Fernos-Isern	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1957-1964	Joseph Manuel Montoya	Democrat	New Mexico
1961-1998	Henry Barbosa Gonzalez	Democrat	Texas
1963-1993	Edward Ross Roybal	Democrat	California
1965-1969	Santiago Polanco-Abreu	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1965-1997	Eligio "Kika" de la Garza, II	Democrat	Texas
1969-1973	Jorge Luis Cordova Diaz	New Progressive	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1969-1989	Manuel Lujan, Jr.	Republican	New Mexico
1971-1977	Herman Badillo	Democrat	New York
1973-1977	Jaime Benítez	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1973-1979	Ron de Lugo	Democrat	delegate of the Virgin Islands
1977-1985	Baltasar Corrado-del Rio	New Progressive	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1978-1990	Robert Garcia	Democrat	New York
1979-1989	Anthony Lee Coelho	Democrat	California
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1981-1995	Ron de Lugo	Democrat	delegate of the Virgin Islands
1982-2001	Matthew Gilbert Martinez	Democrat	California
1983-1997	William Blaine Richardson	Democrat	New Mexico
1983-2011	Solomon Porfirio Ortiz	Democrat	Texas
1983-1999	Esteban Edward Torres	Democrat	California
1985-1992	Jaime B. Fuster	Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1985-1993	Ben Garrido Blaz	Republican	Guam
1985-1993	Albert Garza Bustamante	Democrat	Texas
1989-	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	Florida
1990-	José Enrique Serrano	Democrat	New York
1991-	Edward López Pastor	Democrat	Arizona
1992-1993	Antonio J. Colorado	Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1993-1997	Frank Mariano Tejada	Democrat	Texas
1993-2001	Carlos Antonio Romero-Barcelo	New Progressive	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
1993-	Xavier Becerra	Democrat	California
1993-2007	Henry Bonilla	Republican	Texas
1993-2011	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	Republican	Florida
1993-	Luis Vicente Gutierrez	Democrat	Illinois
1993-2006	Robert Menendez	Democrat	New Jersey
1993-	Lucille Roybard-Allard	Democrat	California
1993-2002	Robert Anacletus Underwood	Democrat	Guam
1993-	Nydia Margarita Velazquez	Democrat	New York
1997-2013	Silvestre Reyes	Democrat	Texas
1997-	Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	Texas
1997-2005, 2007-2011	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Democrat	Texas
1997-	Loretta Sanchez	Democrat	California
1999-2013	Joe Baca	Democrat	California
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1999-2013	Charles A. Gonzalez	Democrat	Texas
1999-	Grace F. Napolitano	Democrat	California
2001-2009	Hilda Solis	Democrat	California
2001-2005	Aníbal Acevedo-Vila	Popular Democrat	resident commissioner of Puerto Rico
2003-	Dennis A. Cardoza	Democrat	Calfornia
2003-	Mario Diaz-Balart	Democrat	Florida
2003-	Raúl M. Grijalva	Democrat	Arizona
2003-	Devin Nunes	Democrat	Calfornia
2003-	Linda T. Sanchez	Democrat	Calfornia
2005–	Henry Cuellar	Democrat	Texas
2005-2011	John Salazar	Democrat	Colorado
2006–	Albio Sires	Democrat	New Jersey
2009-	Ben R. Luján	Democrat	New Mexico
2009-	Jason Chaffetz	Republican	Utah
2011-2013	Francisco "Quico" Canseco	Republican	Texas
2011-	Bill Flores	Republican	Texas
2011-	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Republican	Washington
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2011-	Raúl Labrador	Republican	Idaho
2011-2013	David Rivera	Republican	Florida
2013-	Tony Cardenas	Democrat	California
2013-	Joaquin Castro	Democrat	Texas
2013-	Pete Gallego	Democrat	Texas
2013-	Joe Gracia	Democrat	Florida
2013-	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Democrat	New Mexico
2013-	Doug LaMalfa	Republican	California
2013-	Gloria Negrete McLeod	Democrat	California
2013-	Raul Ruiz	Democrat	California
2013-	Ron DeSantis	Republican	Florida
2013-	David Valadao	Republican	California
2013-	Juan Vargas	Democrat	California
2013-	Filemon Vela, Jr.	Democrat	Texas
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Senate

Dates	Name	Party	State/Territory
1928-1929	Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo	Republican	New Mexico
1935-1962	Dennis Chavez	Democrat	New Mexico
1964-1977	Joseph Manuel Montoya	Democrat	New Mexico
2005–2009	Mel Martínez	Republican	Florida
2005–2009	Ken Salazar	Democrat	Colorado
2006–	Robert Menendez	Democrat	New Jersey
2011–	Marco Rubio	Republican	Florida
2013–	Ted Cruz	Republican	Texas