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Scope and content: "A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.

Table of 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
• Strength in numbers, challenges in diversity, 1977-2012
• 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)
• pt. I. 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 ans 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
• Crafting an identity
• 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
• Legislative interests
• Committee assignments
• 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
• Precongressional experience
• Family/ethnic roots
• Age relative to the rest of the Congressional population
• Education, professions, and prior political experience
• Crafting an identity
• Committee assignments and leadership
• Numbers of Hispanic Americans in Congress
• Legislative interests
• 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 Rico
• 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
• Crafting an identity
• Representatives and Senators
• Statutory representatives
• Leadership opportunities
• Hispanic committee leaders and assignments
• House Committee 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
• Puerto Rico, Section 936. and Statehood
• 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 3, 2012
• Former member 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
• pt. II. Current Hispanic-American members
• Introduction
• 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 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.

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Contributors:

Wasniewski, Matthew A. (Matthew Andrew), 1969-

Kowalewski, Albin

O'Hara, Laura Turner

Rucker, Terrance

United States Congress > House > Office of the Historian

United States Congress > House > Office of the Clerk

United States Congress > House > Committee on House Administration

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 (OCLC Number 876294715)

Microfiche version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 (OCLC Number 884508295)

Related Series:

House document (United States. Congress. House); 108-225

United States congressional serial set; serial no. 14905

Subjects:

Hispanic American legislators — Biography

United States Congress — Biography

United States Congress

Hispanic American legislators

United States

Genres:

Biographies

General Notes:

Editor, Matthew A. Wasniewski, Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives; co-editors, Albin J. Kowalewski, Laura Turner O'Hara, and Terrance Rucker, Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

ix, 764 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Call Numbers:

Y 1.1/7:108-225

SuDocs Numbers:

Y 1.1/7:108-225

ISBNs:

9780160920288
0160920280
9780160920684
016092068X

Other Standard Numbers:

Government Printing Office Item Number: 1004-E
Government Printing Office Item Number: 0996-A-02 [Invalid]
Government Printing Office Item Number: 1008-F

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2012045668

OCLC Numbers:

818293749