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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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- Government document
- 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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