The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 8, 1932, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1932.
The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives elected by the voters of Puerto Rico every four years, the only member of the House of Representatives who serves a four-year term. Commissioners function in every respect as a member of Congress, including sponsoring legislation and serving on congressional committees, where they can vote on legislation, except that they are denied a vote on the final disposition of legislation on the House floor. They receive a salary of $174,000 per year.
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they comprise the legislature of the United States.
The Liberal Party of Puerto Rico was a pro-independence political party. The Liberal Party was founded in 1932 as a formal disaffiliation between two political parties which composed the political coalition known as the Alianza (Alliance).
The Republican Union was a pro-statehood political party in Puerto Rico, that also contemplated total autonomy in the case that entry into the American Union was denied.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican Union | Santiago Iglesias Pantín | 208,232 | 54.27 | |||
Liberal | Benigno Fernández García | 170,168 | 44.35 | |||
Nationalist | Julio Medina González | 5,257 | 1.37 | |||
N/A | 65 | 0.02 | ||||
Total votes | 383,722 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican Union gain from Independent | ||||||
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