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who came to national attention as secretary
of energy in the Clinton administration’s
second term and then went on to become
governor of New Mexico and run for the
Democratic nomination for president in

The first Hispanic mayor of a major
American city was Henry Cisneros, who
held that office in San Antonio, Texas
(1982–1990), before going on to serve in
the Clinton cabinet. President George W.

Bush also chose several Hispanics for his cabinet, including Mel Martinez as secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Alberto Gonzales, first as White House counsel, and later, as Attorney General. The Republican Martinez later left the Bush Administration to represent Florida in the Senate, joining Democrats Ken Salazar of Colorado and Robert Menendez of New Jersey.

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Senate 1928–1929 Octaviano Larrazolo 1935–1962 Dennis Chávez 1964–1977 Joseph Manuel Montoya 2005– Ken Salazar Mel Martínez 2006 Robert Menendez

House of Representatives 1822–1823 Joseph Marion Hernández 1853–1857 José Manuel Gallegos 1856–1861 Miguel Antonio Otero 1863–1865 Francisco Perea 1865–1867 José Francisco Chaves 1871–1873 José Manuel Gallegos 1877–1878 Romualdo Pacheco 1877–1879 Trinidad Romero 1879–1881 Mariano Sabino Otero 1879–1883 Romualdo Pacheco 1881–1884 Tranquilino Luna 1884–1885 Francisco Antonio Manzanares 1899–1901 Pedro Perea 1901–1905 Federico Degetau 1905–1911 Tulio Larrinaga 1911–1916 Luis Muñoz Rivera 1913–1927 Ladislas Lazaro 1915–1917 Benigno Cárdenas Hernández 1917–1932 Félix Córdova Dávila 1919–1921 Benigno Cárdenas Hernández 1921–1923 Néstor Montoya 1931–1935 Dennis Chávez 1931–1941 Joachim Octave Fernández 1932–1933 José Lorenzo Pesquera 1932–1939 Santiago Iglesias 1939–1945 Bolívar Pagán 1943–1956 Antonio Manuel Fernández 1945–1946 Jesús T. Piñero 1946–1965 Antonio Fernós-Isern 1957–1964 Joseph Manuel Montoya 1961–1998 Henry B. González 1963–1993 Edward R. Roybal 1965–1969 Santiago Polanco-Abreu 1965–1997 Eligio “Kika” de la Garza II 1969–1973 Jorge Luis Córdova Díaz 1969–1989 Manuel Luján Jr. 1971–1977 Herman Badillo

1973–1977 Jaime Benítez 1973–1979 Ron de Lugo 1977–1985 Baltasar Corrada del Río 1978–1990 Robert Garcia 1979–1989 Anthony Lee Coelho 1981–1995 Ron de Lugo 1982–2001 Matthew G. Martínez 1983–1997 William B. Richardson 1983–2001 Solomon P. Ortiz 1983–1999 Esteban Torres 1985–1992 Jaime B. Fuster 1985–1993 Ben Blaz Garrido Albert G. Bustamante 1989– Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 1991– Ed López Pastor 1992–1993 Antonio J. Colorado 1993–1997 Frank M. Tejeda 1993–2001 Carlos Antonio Romero-Barceló 1993–2004 Robert A. Underwood 1993–2006 Robert Menéndez 1993–2007 Henry Bonilla 1993– Xavier Becerra Lincoln Díaz-Balart Luis Gutiérrez Lucille Roybal-Allard Nydia M. Velázquez 1996– Silvestre Reyes 1997–2004, 2007 Ciro D. Rodriguez 1997– Rubén Hinojosa Loretta Sanchez 1999– Joe Baca Charles A. Gonzalez Grace Napolitano 2001–2004 Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá 2003– Dennis Cardoza Mario Diaz-Balart Raúl Grijalva Devin Nunes Linda Sanchez 2005– Henry Cuellar Luis Fortuño John Salazar 2006– Albio Sires

HISPANIC AMERICANS IN CONGRESS The Hispanic Americans who have served in Congress from 1822 to the present are as follows (in chronological order by dates of office):

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