Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives from the 4 Bayamón-Cataño-Guaynabo district
In office 1933–1944
Personal details
Born
September 21, 1887 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Died
October 15, 1969 (1969-10-16) (aged 82) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political party
Republican Union
New Progressive Party
Republican Party
Spouse
Carmen Vazquez Rivera
Profession
Politician
journalist
medical doctor
lawyer
Note: Figueroa co-founded the Independence Association, which later merged with two other political organizations to form the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Leopoldo Figueroa (September 21, 1887 – October 15, 1969) a.k.a. "The deacon of the Puerto Rican Legislature", was a Puerto Rican politician, journalist, medical doctor and lawyer. Figueroa, who began his political career as an advocate of Puerto Rican Independence, was the co-founder of the "Independence Association", one of three political organizations which merged to form the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Figueroa, had changed political ideals and in 1948, was a member of the Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Statehood Party). That year, he was the only member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives who did not belong to the Partido Popular Democrático (PPD), and the only Representative to oppose the PPD's approval of what became known as the Ley de la Mordaza (Gag Law), which violated the civil rights of those who favored Puerto Rican Independence. On December 22, 2006, the Puerto Rican Legislature approved a law declaring every September 21, Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras Day.[1]
LeopoldoFigueroa (September 21, 1887 – October 15, 1969) a.k.a. "The deacon of the Puerto Rican Legislature", was a Puerto Rican politician, journalist...
widow of Puerto Rican politician, lawyer, medical doctor, and scholar LeopoldoFigueroa. Carmen Maria Vazquez Rivera was born on February 15, 1922, in Cidra...
Association was founded by José S. Alegría, Eugenio Font Suárez and LeopoldoFigueroa in 1920. On September 17, 1922, these three political organizations...
US$10,000 (equivalent to $127,000 in 2023), or both. According to Dr. LeopoldoFigueroa, member of the Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Statehood...
US$10,000 (equivalent to $127,000 in 2023), or both. According to LeopoldoFigueroa, the lone non-PPD member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives...
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US$10,000 (equivalent to $127,000 in 2023), or both. According to Dr. LeopoldoFigueroa, a member of the Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Statehood...
Force who served in both World War II and the Korean War. Wife of LeopoldoFigueroa. Awarded the American Theater Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal,...
US$10,000 (equivalent to $127,000 in 2023), or both. According to Dr LeopoldoFigueroa, the only non-PPD member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives...
introduced before the Puerto Rican Senate which, in the opinion of LeopoldoFigueroa, then a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, violated...
Ernesto Ramos Antonini Popular Democratic Party 128,644 20.17 Elected LeopoldoFigueroa PEP–PRP 115,511 18.11 Elected Antonio Reyes Delgado Socialist Party...
US$10,000 (equivalent to $127,000 in 2023), or both. According to Dr. LeopoldoFigueroa, member of the Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Statehood...
Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈpolðo foɾtuˈnato ɣalˈtjeɾi kasˈteli]; 15 July 1926 – 12 January 2003) was an Argentine...
US$10,000 (equivalent to $127,000 in 2023), or both. According to LeopoldoFigueroa, member of the Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Statehood...
Association was founded by José S. Alegría, Eugenio Font Suárez and LeopoldoFigueroa in 1920. On September 17, 1922, these three political organizations...
ninth in the Legislature, tying the record previously set by Rep. LeopoldoFigueroa. When he was sworn into his 10th consecutive term in the Legislature...
members who also felt as Coll y Cuchí and quit the party were Dr. LeopoldoFigueroa, José S. Alegría (father of Ricardo Alegría) and Eugenio Font Suárez...
US$10,000 (equivalent to $127,000 in 2023), or both. According to LeopoldoFigueroa, a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, the law was...
Leopoldo Jacinto Luque (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈpoldo xaˈsinto ˈluke]; (3 May 1949 – 15 February 2021) was an Argentine professional footballer who...
wife of Puerto Rican politician, lawyer, medical doctor, and scholar LeopoldoFigueroa. Later in life, she received renewed recognition as a centenarian...
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