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List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress

List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress

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This is a list of Hispanic and Latino Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Persons included are identified as having a lineage from Spain or Latin America, a definition that includes Brazil, but not Portugal.

Entries shaded in gray refer to current members of the U.S. Congress.

Senate

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Elected, but not seated

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House of Representatives

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House delegates (non-voting members)

(Note: Delegates are organized first in chronological order according to their first term in office, then second in alphabetical order according to their surname.)

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    Pacheco was the first Latino to serve in Congress, and previously served as the first (and, to date, only) Hispanic Governor of the State of California.
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    Chávez later was appointed as United States Senator from New Mexico.
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    Lujan later served as United States Secretary of the Interior.
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    Though Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is widely credited as the first Hispanic woman in Congress, Vucanovich's mother was of partial Mexican Hispanic heritage.
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    Bustamante later was jailed for bribery.
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    Becerra later served as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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    Congressman Garamendi's paternal grandparents were Basque immigrants from Spain, and the House Press Gallery recognizes Garamendi as Hispanic. That being said, many Basques do not consider themselves to be ethnically Spanish, and Garamendi has stated that he does not consider himself to be "Hispanic."
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    Frost was adopted at birth, and raised from birth, by a Cuban-American family. Reliable sources invariably describe Frost, and he describes himself, as Cuban. See, e.g., Lai, Stephanie (December 6, 2022). "Maxwell Frost, First Gen Z Congressman, Gets His Bearings on Capitol Hill". The New York Times. Retrieved January 22, 2024. ("Representative-elect Maxwell Frost, a 25-year-old Afro-Cuban progressive activist from Orlando ...."); "Maxwell Frost: el primer congresista de Estados Unidos de la generación Z y negro de origen cubano". CNN en Español. November 9, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2024. ("También es el primer negro de origen cubano elegido para el Congreso."); Ruiz, Michelle (November 11, 2022). "Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Gen Z's First Congressman, Is Living His Abuela's 'Wildest Dream'". Vogue. Retrieved January 22, 2024. ("On Tuesday night, 25-year-old Maxwell Alejandro Frost made history as the first member of Gen Z—and the first Afro-Cuban—elected to the U.S. House of Representatives."); and "Meet Maxwell". Frost for Congress. Retrieved January 22, 2024. ("My family’s story begins in Cuba, with my grandmother Yeya. She and my mother came to Florida from Cuba during the Freedom Flights in the early 1960s with only a suitcase and no money."). Frost's biological parents invariably have been described by reliable sources as a Haitian man and a woman of Lebanese ancestry whose origin sometimes is given as Puerto Rican and other times as Argentine. See, e.g., Bernal, Rafael. "Who is Maxwell Alejandro Frost, the 25-year-old Democratic House nominee?". The Hill. Retrieved 18 January 2024. ("His birth parents were a Lebanese Puerto Rican woman and a Haitian man."); and Dorsey, Xander (July 18, 2023). "Empowering Generation Z to Take Action". Scholastic Kids Press. Retrieved January 22, 2024. ("Frost was born to a mother of Lebanese and Argentine descent and a Haitian father.")
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    Yulee later was elected as United States Senator from Florida.
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    Quezón later served as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
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    Romero-Barceló previously served as Governor of Puerto Rico.
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    Pierluisi later served as Governor of Puerto Rico.
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