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 History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Puerto Rico

CÓRDOVA DÍAZ, Jorge Luis

(1907—1994)


CÓRDOVA DÍAZ, Jorge Luis, a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in Manatí, P.R., April 20, 1907; A.B., Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1928; LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1931; lawyer, private practice; judge, Superior Court of San Juan, 1940-1945; justice, Supreme court of Puerto Rico, 1945-1946; elected as a New Progressive to the Ninety-First Congress to a four-year term (November 5, 1968-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972; business executive; died on September 16, 1994, in San Juan, P.R.


“Jorge Luis Córdova Díaz” in Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 . Prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by Carmen E. Enciso and Tracy North, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1995.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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