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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.
The Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) is a Republican sponsored caucus in the United States Congress. Currently with 20 members, the CHC was formed in 2003, with the stated goal of promoting policy outcomes of importance to Americans of Hispanic or Lusitanic descent.
Cesar Romero (actor, singer, dancer, active in Republican campaigns beginning in 1960) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (former U.S. Congresswoman from Florida; first Cuban-American woman in Congress) Larry Rubin (Mexican-American, president and chairman of The American Society of Mexico, chairman of Republicans Abroad in Mexico
The party may be on track increase the number of Latino Republicans in Congress by 50 percent or more in the fall. A key ingredient to flip the House: A wave of Latino GOP candidates Skip to main ...
Oregon elects their first Hispanic members of Congress, Latinas Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican, and Andrea Salinas, a Democrat.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus welcomed a record number of Latino elected to Congress; at least 45 Hispanics will begin in January.
Sen. Octaviano Larrazolo, a Republican from New Mexico, the first Hispanic or Latino American to serve in the United States Senate, was elected in 1928. One of the major questions that arose in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War in 1898 was the question of territorial status on the mainland and abroad.
The Republican members left in the late 1990s over policy differences and, in 2003, formed their own group, the Congressional Hispanic Conference. In 2017, the Caucus declined to admit Rep. Carlos Curbelo, who would have been the only Republican member. In 2022, Rep. Mayra Flores, a Republican, was denied membership as well.