1st Senate of Puerto Rico

The First Puerto Rican Senate, under United States occupation, was the first meeting of senators of the Senate of Puerto Rico elected as part of the legislative branch of their government. Elections for the Senate of Puerto Rico were authorized by passage of the Jones-Shafroth Act in 1917. It authorized elections to be held on July 6, 1917 for representative government in the legislature.

The Senate met from August 13, 1917, to January 2, 1920. The voters elected a majority of members from the Union of Puerto Rico party, who chose Antonio R. Barceló as President of the Senate.^[1]

Party summary

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total

	Union	Republican	Socialist		Vacant

Begin	13	5	1	19	0
Latest voting share	68.4%	38.5%

Leadership

Position	Name	Party	District
President of the Senate	Antonio R. Barceló	Union	VII
President pro Tempore	Eduardo Georgetti	Union	At-large
Majority Leader		Union
Majority Whip		Union
Minority Leader		Republican
Minority Whip		Republican

Members

District	Name	Party
I - San Juan	José de Jesús Tizol	Union
I - San Juan	Ramón Valdés Cobián	Union
II - Arecibo	Félix Santoni	Union
II - Arecibo	Francisco M. Susoni	Union
III - Aguadilla	Francisco Seín	Union
III - Aguadilla	Juan García Ducós	Union
IV - Mayagüez	Leopoldo Felíz Severa	Republican
IV - Mayagüez	Juan Angel Tió	Republican
V - Ponce	José Tous Soto	Republican
V - Ponce	Juan Cortada Tirado	Republican
VI - Guayama	Mariano Abril y Ostalo	Union
VI - Guayama	José Rovira	Union
VII - Humacao	Antonio R. Barceló	Union
VII - Humacao	José J. Benítez Díaz	Union
At-Large	Frank Martínez	Union
	Eduardo Georgetti	Union
	Martín Travieso, Jr.	Union
	José Celso Barbosa	Republican
	Santiago Iglesias	Socialist

Employees

Secretary:
- José Muñoz Rivera
Assistant Secretary:
- Eugenio Astol
Sergeant at Arms:
- Manuel Palacios Salazar

References

^ Laws of Porto Rico: Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of the Acts and Resolutions of the Ninth Legislature of Porto Rico During Its First Session, August 13 to November 26, 1917 Inclusive. Senate document. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

External links

Elecciones 1917

[1] Laws of Porto Rico: Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of the Acts and Resolutions of the Ninth Legislature of Porto Rico During Its First Session, August 13 to November 26, 1917 Inclusive. Senate document. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

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