1917 Puerto Rican general election information

General elections were held in Puerto Rico in 1917. Félix Córdova Dávila was elected Resident Commissioner. Juan Jose Nolla-Acosta (2013) Puerto Rico Election...

new constitution went into effect on July 25, 1952. Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917. After the promulgation of the Commonwealth constitution...

Stateside Puerto Ricans (Spanish: Puertorriqueños en Estados Unidos), also ambiguously known as Puerto Rican Americans (Spanish: puertorriqueño-americanos...

Puerto Rico. The independence option only received 1.52% of the vote in the referendum. In the 2020 Puerto Rican general election, the Puerto Rican Independence...

their election. The following is a list of legislative assemblies, with a count starting on the legislature elected in the 1948 Puerto Rican general election...

The Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño, PSPR) was a Marxist[citation needed] and pro-independence political party...

people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican descent. The...

Puerto Ricans have both immigrated and migrated to New York City. The first group of Puerto Ricans immigrated to New York City in the mid-19th century...

the status of Puerto Rico was held on November 3, 2020, concurrently with the general election. The Referendum was announced by Puerto Rico Governor Wanda...

the Spanish–American War, Puerto Rico was acquired by the United States. Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917, and can move freely between...

Puerto Rican migration to Hawaii began when Puerto Rico's sugar industry was devastated by two hurricanes in 1899. The devastation caused a worldwide shortage...

domestic Puerto Rican laws which did not conflict with the United States Constitution remained in force. The Jones Act of 1917, which made Puerto Ricans U.S...

establishment of a Puerto Rican national consciousness for the first time, the Lares flag is recognized as the first flag of Puerto Rico. In December 1895...

party's national presidential convention. Puerto Ricans may enlist in the U.S. military. Since 1917, Puerto Ricans have been included in the compulsory draft...

The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency was a series of coordinated insurrections for the secession of Puerto Rico led by the president of the Puerto...

Act, establishing a civil government in the territory and then in 1917, Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship, by the enactment of the Jones-Shafroth...

granted limited administrative and executive powers to Puerto Ricans. From 1900 to 1917, Puerto Ricans made several attempts to convince the United States...

services to the Puerto Rican general public. It is by far the largest branch in the government as well as the largest employer in Puerto Rico with more...

Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, PNPR) is a Puerto Rican political party founded on September 17, 1922, in San Juan, Puerto...

The recorded history of Puerto Rican women can trace its roots back to the era of the Taíno, the indigenous people of the Caribbean, who inhabited the...

Puerto Ricans (Spanish: Puertorriqueños), most commonly known as Boricuas, and also referred to as Borinqueños, Borincanos, or Puertorros, are the people...

states or in the District of Columbia may not vote in federal elections. Both the Puerto Rican Independence Party and the New Progressive Party reject[citation...

Elections in Puerto Rico are guaranteed by Article Six of the Constitution of Puerto Rico and the Electoral Code of Puerto Rico for the 21st Century Act...

Wilson on March 2, 1917. The law made Puerto Rico a United States territory which is "organized but unincorporated." Puerto Ricans were also collectively...

Representatives of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes de Puerto Rico) is the lower house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the bicameral...