Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Incumbent Pedro Pierluisi since January 3, 2009
Residence	Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Term length	Four years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Federico Degetau
Formation	January 2, 1900
Website	pierluisi.house.gov

Puerto Rico

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The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico (Spanish: El Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico) is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico every four years. The Resident Commissioner is the only member of the House of Representatives who serves a four-year term.

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 disposition of legislation on the House floor.

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

List of Resident Commissioners

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

Year(s) served	Name	Puerto Rican Party	National Party
1901–1905	Federico Degetau	Republican	Republican
1905–1911	Tulio Larrinaga	Unionist
1911–1916	Luis Muñoz-Rivera	Unionist
1917–1932	Félix Córdova Dávila	Unionist
1932–1933	José Lorenzo Pesquera	Nonpartisan
1933–1939	Santiago Iglesias-Pantín	Coalitionist	Socialist
1939–1945	Bolívar Pagán	Coalitionist	Socialist
1945–1946	Jesús T. Piñero	Popular Democratic	Democratic
1946–1965	Antonio Fernós-Isern	Popular Democratic	Democratic
1965–1969	Santiago Polanco-Abreú	Popular Democratic	Democratic
1969–1973	Jorge Luis Córdova-Díaz	New Progressive	Republican
1973–1977	Jaime Benítez	Popular Democratic	Democratic
1977–1985	Baltasar Corrada-Del Río	New Progressive	Democratic
1985–1992	Jaime Fuster	Popular Democratic	Democratic
1992–1993	Antonio Colorado	Popular Democratic	Democratic
1993–2001	Carlos Romero Barceló	New Progressive	Democratic
2001–2005	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Popular Democratic	Democratic
2005–2009	Luis Fortuño	New Progressive	Republican
2009-present	Pedro Pierluisi	New Progressive	Democratic

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• Resident Commissioners from the Philippines

External links

• Resident Commissioner (U.S. House)