The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 5, 1940, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1940.
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.
Dr. Antonio Fernós Isern was the first Puerto Rican cardiologist and the longest serving Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico in the United States Congress.
Bolívar Pagán Lucca was a Puerto Rican historian, journalist, and politician.
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 | Bolívar Pagán (inc.) | 222,384 | 39.10 | |
Popular Democratic | Antonio Fernós-Isern | 214,842 | 37.77 | |
Tripartite Puerto Rican Unification | Miguel A. Garcia Mendez | 131,521 | 23.12 | |
Total votes | 568,747 | 100.00 | ||
Republican Union hold | ||||
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