Hispanic-American Representatives, Senators, Delegates, and Resident Commissioners by Congress

Footnotes

¹Elected as a Delegate upon the formation of the Florida Territory and served from September 30, 1822, to March 3, 1823.

²Presented credentials to the 34th Congress and served from March 4, 1855, to July 23, 1856, when he was succeeded by Miguel Antonio Otero, who contested his election.

³Successfully contested as a Democrat the election of José Manuel Gallegos to the 34th Congress and served from July 23, 1856, to March 3, 1857.

⁴Presented credentials to the 45th Congress and served from March 4, 1877, to February 7, 1878, when he was succeeded by Peter D. Wigginton, who contested his election.

⁵Presented credentials to the 48th Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until March 5, 1884, when he was succeeded by Francisco Antonio Manzanares, who contested his election.

⁶Successfully contested the election of Tranquilino Luna to the 48th Congress and served from March 5, 1884, to March 3, 1885.

⁷Died in office on November 15, 1916.

⁸Died in office on January 13, 1923.

⁹Elected on November 6, 1928, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrieus A. Jones.

¹⁰Died in office on March 30, 1927.

¹¹Resigned on April 11, 1932, having been appointed an associate justice of the supreme court of Puerto Rico.

¹²Appointed on April 15, 1932, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Félix Córdova Dávila.

¹³Appointed on May 11, 1935, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bronson M. Cutting.

¹⁴Died in office on December 5, 1939.

¹⁵Appointed on December 26, 1939, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Santiago Iglesias for the term ending January 3, 1941.

¹⁶Appointed on September 11, 1946, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jesús T. Piñero.

¹⁷Resigned on September 2, 1946, having been appointed Governor of Puerto Rico.

¹⁸Re-elected on November 6, 1956, to the 85th Congress but died in office on November 7, 1956.

¹⁹Elected on April 9, 1957, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Antonio M. Fernández.

²⁰Died in office on November 18, 1962.

²¹Elected on November 4, 1961, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Paul J. Kilday.

²²Resigned on November 3, 1964, having been elected to the Senate to complete the unexpired term of Dennis Chavez for the term ending January 3, 1965.

²³Resigned on December 31, 1977, to become a deputy mayor of New York City.

²⁴Elected on February 14, 1978, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Herman Badillo.

²⁵Elected on July 13, 1982, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George E. Danielson.

²⁶Resigned on June 15, 1989.

²⁷Resigned on January 7, 1990.

²⁸Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was elected on August 29, 1989, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Claude Denson Pepper.

²⁹Elected on March 20, 1990, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Garcia.

³⁰Appointed on February 21, 1992, to fill the vacancy that would ensue on March 4, 1992, with the resignation of Jaime B. Fuster.

³¹Resigned on March 4, 1992.

³²Elected on September 24, 1991, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Morris K. Udall.

³³Resigned on February 13, 1997.

³⁴Elected on April 12, 1997, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank Tejeda.

³⁵Died in office on January 30, 1997.

³⁶Elected on November 16, 1999, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George E. Brown.

³⁷Resigned on January 16, 2006, to fill the Senate vacancy caused by the resignation of Jon S. Corzine.

³⁸Elected on November 7, 2006, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Menendez.

³⁹Resigned on September 9, 2009.

⁴⁰Resigned on January 20, 2009, to serve as Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama.

⁴¹Hilda L. Solis resigned on February 24, 2009, and was succeeded in a special election by Judy Chu on July 14, 2009.

⁴²Resigned on August 15, 2012.

⁴³Xavier Becerra resigned on January 24, 2017, to serve as attorney general of California, and was succeeded in a special election by Jimmy Gomez on June 6, 2017.

⁴⁴Jimmy Gomez was elected on June 6, 2017, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Xavier Becerra.

⁴⁵Michelle Lujan Grisham resigned on December 31, 2018.

⁴⁶Antonio Delgado resigned on May 25, 2022, and was succeeded in a special election by Patrick Ryan on August 23, 2022.

⁴⁷Mayra Flores was elected on June 14, 2022, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Filemon Vela.

⁴⁸Devin Nunes resigned on January 1, 2022, and was succeeded in a special election by Connie Conway on June 7, 2022.

⁴⁹Filemon Vela resigned on March 31, 2022, and was succeeded in a special election by Mayra Flores on June 14, 2022.

⁵⁰Jenniffer González-Colón resigned on January 1, 2025.

⁵¹Greg Lopez was elected on June 25, 2024, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Kenneth Robert Buck.

⁵²Robert Menendez resigned on August 20, 2024, and was succeeded by George Helmy.

⁵³George Santos was expelled from the House on December 1, 2023, and was succeeded in a special election by Thomas Suozzi on February 13, 2024.

⁵⁴Tony Gonzales resigned on April 14.

⁵⁵Adelita S. Grijalva was elected on September 23, 2025, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Raúl M. Grijalva.

⁵⁶Raúl M. Grijalva died on March 13, 2025, and was succeeded in a special election by Adelita S. Grijalva on September 23, 2025.

⁵⁷Analilia Mejia was elected on April 16, 2026, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mikie Sherrill.

⁵⁸Marco Rubio resigned on January 20, 2025, and was succeeded by Ashley Brooke Moody.