Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district
Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district
Resident Commissioner
	Jenniffer Gonzalez; R–San Juan
Area	3,515 sq mi (9,100 km2)
Population (2019)	3,193,694
Median household; income	14,412
Ethnicity	80.5% Hispanic; 8.5% Black; 6.8% White; 3.6% other; 0.4% Native American; 0.2% Asian;
Occupation	67.9% White-collar; 20.5% Blue-collar; 11.6% Gray-collar;

Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
	Incumbent; Pablo Hernández Rivera; since January 3, 2025
	United States House of Representatives
Seat	Puerto Rico
Term length	Four years, renewable
Formation	January 2, 1900
First holder	Federico Degetau
Website	gonzalez-colon.house.gov

The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico) is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected by voters from Puerto Rico every four years and is the only member of the House who serves a four-year term. Because Puerto Rico is not a state, apportionment does not apply to Puerto Rico, which only has one congressional district (Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district) regardless of its population, which is why Puerto Rico has the most populated congressional district in the United States.

The current Resident Commissioner is Pablo Hernández Rivera, who is a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP).

List of resident commissioners of Puerto Rico

1901–1905: Federico Degetau
1905–1911: Tulio Larrínaga
1911–1916: Luis Muñoz Rivera
1916–1917: vacant
1917–1932: Félix Córdova Dávila
1932–1932: vacant
1932–1933: José Lorenzo Pesquera
1933–1939: Santiago Iglesias
1939–1939: vacant
1939–1945: Bolívar Pagán
1945–1946: Jesús T. Piñero
1946–1946: vacant
1946–1965: Antonio Fernós-Isern
1965–1969: Santiago Polanco Abreu
1969–1973: Jorge Luis Córdova
1973–1977: Jaime Benítez Rexach
1977–1985: Baltasar Corrada del Río
1985–1992: Jaime Fuster
1992–1993: Antonio Colorado
1993–2001: Carlos Romero Barceló
2001–2005: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
2005–2009: Luis Fortuño
2009–2017: Pedro Pierluisi
2017–2025: Jenniffer González-Colón
2025–present: Pablo Hernández Rivera

Election results

2020 Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PNP	Jenniffer González (incumbent)	490,273	40.83
	PPD	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	384,619	32.03
	Citizen's Victory Movement	Zayira Jordán Conde	154,751	12.89
	Project Dignity	Ada Norah Henriquez	94,059	7.83
	Puerto Rican Independence	Luis Piñero González II	76,398	6.36
	Write-in		788	0.07
Total votes			1,200,888	100.00
	PNP hold
	Republican hold

Notes

↑ Gonzalez caucuses with the Republican Party.

References

↑ Wines, Michael (July 26, 2019). "She's Puerto Rico's Only Link to Washington. She Could Be Its Future Governor". The New York Times.

[2] Gonzalez caucuses with the Republican Party.

[PuRicoGonz.NYT19-1] Wines, Michael (July 26, 2019). "She's Puerto Rico's Only Link to Washington. She Could Be Its Future Governor". The New York Times.

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