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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.
Hispanic and Latino American politicians continued to make gains in important positions in Congress, and for the first time in this period had an equal number of full voting members in Congress and non-voting delegates. [1] The Congressional Hispanic Caucus was founded in 1976. Pictured are members of the Caucus gathered together in 1984.
This page lists Hispanic and Latino American people who have been members of the United States Congress. (The Library of Congress has a complete list of biographies of 'Hispanic Americans in Congress' through to 1995
Esteban Edward Torres – former Congressman from California; Norma Torres – Congresswoman from California; Ritchie Torres – Congressman from New York; Selena Torres – Nevada state assemblywoman; Patricia Torres Ray – first Hispanic woman to serve in the MN Senate as MN Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party SD63
The Congressional Hispanic Conference was founded in 2003 by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), who was a co-chair with Gonzales in the last Congress, and other Hispanic GOP members.
A majority of 69% [66] of Hispanic/Latino Democrats and Democratic-leaning individuals support this view, in comparison to Hispanic/Latino Republicans and Republican-leaning individuals who less than half (39%) [66] support abortion policies. To compare these statistics with the U.S. adult population, overall 62% of adults in the United States ...
Esteban Torres, longtime L.A. congressman who championed Latino rights, dies at 91. January 27, 2022 at 9:42 PM. ... From 1989 until 1991, he was chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference, supports the Trump administration's immigration agenda and the deportation of "convicted criminal aliens," but not your ...