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Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, by the Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

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Book
Government document
Contributor:
Wasniewski, Matthew A. (Matthew Andrew), 1969- editor.
Kowalewski, Albin, editor.
O'Hara, Laura Turner, editor.
Rucker, Terrance, editor.
United States. Congress. House. Office of the Historian, issuing body.
United States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk, issuing body.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration, issuing body.
Series:
House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 108-225.
United States congressional serial set ; serial no. 14905.
House document ; 108-225
[United States congressional serial set] ; serial no. 14905.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Congress--Biography.
United States.
United States. Congress.
Hispanic American legislators--Biography.
Hispanic American legislators.
Genre:
Ebook.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 764 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2013.
Summary:
"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Alphabetical list of Hispanic-American members of Congress
Introduction
Experiences of Hispanic Americans and other minorities in Congress
From Democracy's borderlands : Hispanic-American representation, 1822-1898
"Foreign in a domestic sense," 1898-1945
Separate interests to national agendas, 1945-1977
Strength in numbers, challenges in diversity, 1977-2012
Historiography
Terminology and translation
Methodology and useful research strategies
Bibliographic sources
Acknowledgments
Stats charts : Hispanic Americans in Congress, 17th-112th Congresses (1821-2012)
Hispanic Americans as percentage of Congress, 17th-112th Congresses (1821-2012)
Hispanic-American members by office, 1821-2012
Length of service of Hispanic-American members of Congress 17th-112th Congresses (1821-2012)
Part One. Former Hispanic-American members
From Democracy's borderlands : Hispanic Congressional representation in the era of U.S. continental expansion, 1822-1898
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and westward expansion
Adams-Onís Treaty (Transcontinental Treaty)
Manifest destiny
Texas revolution and annexation
War with Mexico and the Southwest
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Statutory representation
Precongressional experience
Family origins
Overview of New Mexico politics, 1848-1898
Santa Fe Ring
Crafting an identity
Contested elections
Cultural factionalism and Nuevomexicano elites
Social experiences in Washington, D.C.
Legislative interests
Committee assignments
Infrastructure improvements and land grants
Indian relations
Slavery
Statehood
Stats charts : Hispanic-American members by office, 1822-1898
Hispanic-American members by state and territory (first elected 1822-1898)
Party divisions in the House of Representatives, 17th Congress (1821-1823)
Party divisions in the House of Representatives, 33rd-34th Congresses (1853-1857)
Party divisions in the House of Representatives, 35th-55th Congresses (1857-1899)
Congressional service, for Hispanic Americans in Congress, first elected 1822-1884
Former members 1822-1898
Joseph Marion Hernández
José Manuel Gallegos
Miguel Antonio Otero
Francisco Perea
José Francisco Chaves
Romualdo Pacheco
Trinidad Romero
Mariano Sabino Otero
Tranquilino Luna
Francisco Antonio Manzanares -
"Foreign in a domestic sense : Hispanic Americans in congress during the age of U.S. colonialism and global expansion, 1898-1945
Precongressional and Washington experiences
Family/ethnic roots
Age relative to the rest of the congressional population
Education, professions, and prior political experience
D.C. residences and careerism in Congress
Puerto Rico
U.S. expansionism and the Caribbean
Spanish-American War
Overview of Puerto Rican politics, 1898-1900
The Foraker Act and its discontents
Insular cases
The Jones Act of 1917 : origins and discontents
The ongoing questions of Puerto Rican status
The Office of Resident Commissioner
Table : political parties of Puerto Rico, founded 1898-1945
Puerto Ricans in Washington
The language barrier
"Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico"
Political and ethnic shifts in New Mexico
The Great Depression and the New Deal
"The great social laboratory"
Puerto Rican independence
Puerto Rico's continental governors
E. Mont Reily
World War II and Rexford Tugwell
The Chavez and Bell Committees
Stat charts : Party divisions in the House of Representatives, 56th-78th Congresses (1899-1945)
Party divisions in the Senate, 56th-78th Congresses (1899-1945)
Hispanic-American member by office, 1898-1945
Hispanic-American members by state and territory, first elected 1898-1943
Congressional service, for Hispanic Americans in Congress first elected 1898-1942
Former members 1898-1945
Pedro Perea
Federico Degetau
Tulio Larrínaga
Luis Muñoz Rivera
Ladislas Lazaro
Benigno Cárdenas Hernández
Félix Córdova Dávila
Néstor Montoya
Octaviano A. Larrazolo
Dennis Chavez
Joachim Octave Fernández
José Lorenzo Pesquera
Santiago Iglesias
Bolívar Pagán
Antonio M. Fernández
Separate interests to national agendas
Hispanic-American members of Congress in the Civil rights Era, 1945-1977
Age relative to the rest of the Congressional population
Committee assignments and leadership
Numbers of Hispanic Americans in Congress
Unidos Meeting of 1971
Depression, war and civil rights
Hispanics in the Southwest
Repatriation during the Great Depression
Hispanic Americans during World War II
Dennis Chavez and the creation of the Fair Employment Practices Committee
The Bracero Program
Illegal immigration and the end of the Bracero Program
Hispanic interests and political representation after World War II (1945-1970)
The Civil Rights Movement and its influence on Mexican Americans
1960 presidential election and Mexican-American politics
Rise of the Chicano Movement
Puerto Rican migration and political participation
Antecedents of the Estado Libre Asociado (ELA)
"In the nature of a compact" : the development of ELA
Reactions to the ELA
The Nationalists and the ELA
Changes in the role of the Resident Commissioner
Expanding the rights of territorial delegates and the Resident Commissioner
Hispanic Americans in Congress and the Cold War
The founding of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Stat charts : Party divisions in the House of Representatives, 79th-94th Congresses (1945-1977)
Party divisions in the Senate, 79th-94th Congresses (1945-1977)
Hispanic-American members by office, 1945-1977
Hispanic-American members by state and territory, first elected 1945-1977
Puerto Rican population growth in the United States, 1900-2010
Congressional service, for Hispanic Americans in Congress, first elected 1944-1976
Jesús T. Piñero
Antonio Fernós-Isern
Joseph M. Montoya
Henry B. González
Edward R. Roybal
Eligio (Kika) de la Garza II
Santiago Polanco-Abreu
Jorge Luis Córdova-Díaz
Manuel Luján, Jr.
Herman Badillo
Jaime Benítez
Ron de Lugo
Strength in numbers, challenges in diversity : legislative trends and power sharing among Hispanic Americans in Congress , 1977-2012
Background and pre-congressional experience
Family connections, gender, and ethnic roots
Increasing diversity of Hispanic members
Representatives and Senators
Statutory representatives
Leadership opportunities
Hispanic committee leaders and assignments
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congressional Hispanic Conference
Hispanic Americans' legislative interests
Civil rights
Voting rights
Bilingual education
Border control and immigration
Unsuccessful attempts at immigration reform
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Immigration reform in the 1990s
Border control and immigration after September 11, 2001
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Legislative interests in the territories
Stat charts : Party divisions in the House of Representatives, 95th-112th Congresses (1977-2012)
Party divisions in the Senate, 95th-112th Congresses (1977-2012)
Hispanic-American members by office, 1977-2012
Hispanic-American members by state and territory, first elected 1976-2012
Congressional service, for Hispanic Americans in Congress, first elected 1976-September 1, 2012
Former members 1977-2012
Baltasar Corrada-del-Río
Robert Garcia
Tony Coelho
Matthew G. Martínez
Solomon P. Ortiz
Bill Richardson
Esteban Edward Torres
Ben Garrido Blaz
Albert G. Bustamante
Jaime B. Fuster
Antonio J. Colorado
Henry Bonilla
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Carlos A. Romero-Barceló
Frank Tejeda
Robert A. Underwood
Ciro D. Rodriguez
Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá
Hilda L. Solis
Dennis A. Cardoza
Luis G. Fortuño
Mel Martinez
John Salazar
Ken Salazar
Part two. Current Hispanic-American members
Joe Baca
Xavier Becerra
Jim Costa
Henry Cuellar
Mario Diaz-Balart
Charles A. Gonzalez
Raúl M. Grijalva
Luis V. Gutierrez
Rubén Hinojosa
Ben Ray Luján
Robert Menendez
Grace Flores Napolitano
Devin Nunes
Ed Pastor
Pedro Pierluisi
Silvestre Reyes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan
Linda T. Sánchez
Loretta Sanchez
José E. Serrano
Albio Sires
Nydia M. Velázquez
First term Hispanic-American members of the 112th Congress : Francisco (Quico) Canseco
Bill Flores
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Raúl R. Labrador
David Rivera
Marco Rubio
Appendix A. Hispanic-American Representatives, Senators, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners by Congress, 1822-2012
Appendix B. Hispanic-American Representatives, Senators, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners by State and Territory, 1822-2012
Appendix C. Hispanic-American members' committee assignments (Standing, Joint, Select) in the U.S. House and Senate, 1822-2012
Appendix D. Hispanic Americans who have chaired congressional committees, 1881-2012
Appendix E. Hispanic-American chairs of subcommittees of standing and select committees in the U.S. House and Senate, 1949-2012
Appendix F. Hispanic Americans in U.S. House party leadership positions, 1987-2012
Appendix G. Hispanic-American familial connections in Congress
Appendix H. Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Conference chairmen and chairwomen, 1976-2012
Appendix I. Constitutional amendments, treaties, and major acts of Congress referenced in the text
Appendix J. Original text of political poems and songs referenced in contextual essays
Appendix K. Glossary.
Notes:
PDF version; title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 10, 2014).
Editor, Matthew A. Wasniewski, Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives; co-editors, Albin Kowalewski, Laura Turner O'Hara, and Terrance Rucker, Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives.
Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2022.
Other Format:
Print version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012
Microfiche version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012
Online version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012
ISBN:
9780160923234
0160923239
9780160923241
0160923247
0160920280
9780160920288
016092068X
9780160920684
OCLC:
876294715
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