1952 Puerto Rican constitutional referendum information
Referendum that passed a new Puerto Rico constitution
1952 Puerto Rican constitutional referendum
3 March 1952
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420,036
87.78%
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58,484
12.22%
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Legislature: 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Senate: 26th Senate of Puerto Rico
President of the Senate: Thomas Rivera Schatz
President pro tempore: Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez
Majority Leader: Carmelo Ríos Santiago
Majority Whip: Ángel Chayanne Martínez
Minority Leader: Eduardo Bhatia; Juan Dalmau; Vargas Vidot
Minority Whip: José Luis Dalmau
House of Representatives: 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
Speaker: Johnny Méndez
Speaker pro tempore: José Torres Zamora
Majority Leader: Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló
Majority Whip: Urayoán Hernández
Minority Leader: Tatito Hernández
Minority Whip: Ramón Luis Cruz
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A referendum on a new constitution was held in Puerto Rico on 3 March 1952.[1] It was approved by 81.9% of voters.[2] This was considered by many U.S. and Puerto Rican politicians an affirmation of the new constitution of the island as an Estado Libre Associado, or Commonwealth, as proposed by legislation in 1950 by the United States Congress after negotiation with its political leaders. Puerto Rican nationalists question the meaning of the referendum, complaining that the only alternative offered was direct U.S. rule, and no choice of independence was offered. In 1980, the Supreme Court of the United States adjudicated (Harris v. Rosario) that as a result of this referendum of 1952, the actual territorial status was not changed at all.
On November 1, 1950 two Puerto Rican Nationalists had attempted assassination of the United States President Harry S. Truman. They claimed they were retaliating for U.S. cooperation in repressing the 1950 nationalist revolts on the island. Truman's stated motive for supporting the plebiscite was that residents of the island could express their opinion of preferred status, but since independence was not offered, nationalists questioned Truman's stated motive. An overwhelming majority approved the commonwealth over the alternative of return to direct U.S. rule.[3]
^Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p552 ISBN 9780199283576
^Nohlen (2005), Elections in the Americas, p556
^Hunter, Stephen; Bainbridge, Jr., John (2005). American Gunfight: The Plot To Kill Harry Truman – And The Shoot-Out That Stopped It. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 4, 251. ISBN 978-0-7432-6068-8.
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