Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, Daniel E. Lungren, chairman, Robert A. Brady, ranking minority member, by the Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

Format Book
PublicationWashington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2013.
Descriptionix, 496 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Supplemental ContentPDF version
Subjects
United States. Congress--Biography.
Hispanic American legislators--Biography.

Other author/creatorWasniewski, Matthew A. (Matthew Andrew), 1969-
Other author/creatorKowalewski, Albin.
Other author/creatorO'Hara, Laura Turner.
Other author/creatorRucker, Terrance.
Other author/creatorUnited States. Congress. House. Office of the Historian.
Other author/creatorUnited States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk.
Other author/creatorUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration.
SeriesHouse document ; 108-225
House document (United States. Congress. House) 108-225. ^A80903
United States congressional serial set ; serial no. 14905. ^A912612
Contents Part I. Former Hispanic American members of Congress -- "Like children under a bad stepmother" : Hispanic congressional representation in the era of U.S. continental expansion, 1822-1898 -- "Foreign in a domestic sense" : Hispanic Americans in Congress during the age of American colonialism and global expansion, 1898-1945 -- Separate interests to national agendas : Hispanic American members of Congress in the civil rights era, 1945-1976 -- Strength in numbers, challenges in diversity : legislative trends and power sharing among Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1977 to present -- Part II. Current Hispanic American members of Congress -- Appendices -- Appendix A: First-term Hispanic-American members of the 112th Congress -- Appendix B: Hispanic-American representatives and senators by Congress, 1822-2012 -- Appendix C: Hispanic-American representatives, senators, delegates, and resident commissioners by state and territory -- Appendix D: Hispanic-American members' committee assignments (Standing, Joint, Select) in the U.S. House and Senate, 1822-2012 -- Appendix E: Hispanic Americans who have chaired congressional committees, 2012 -- Appendix F: Hispanic-American chairs of subcommittees of standing committees in the U.S. House and Senate, 1949-present -- Appendix G: Hispanic Americans in U.S. House party leadership positions, 1987-2012 -- Appendix H: Hispanic-American familial connections in Congress -- Appendix I: Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Conference chairmen and chairwomen, 1976-2012 -- Appendix J: Constitutional amendments, treaties, and major acts of Congress referenced in the text -- Appendix K: Glossary.
Scope and content "A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.
General noteEditor, Matthew A. Wasniewski, Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives; co-editors, Albin Kowalewski, Laura Turner O'Hara, and Terrance Rucker, Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012
Issued in other formMicrofiche version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012
Genre/formBiography.
LCCN 2012045668
ISBN9780160920288
ISBN0160920280
ISBN9780160920684
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