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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Puerto RicoFederico DEGETAU
(1862-1914)
DEGETAU, Federico, a
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in Ponce, P.R.,
December 5, 1862; attended the common schools and Central College
of Ponce; completed an academic course at Barcelona, Spain, and was
graduated from the law department of Central University of Madrid;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Madrid, Spain;
returned to Puerto Rico; one of the four commissioners sent by
Puerto Rico to ask Spain for autonomy; settled in San Juan and
continued the practice of law; member of the municipal council of
San Juan in 1897; mayor of San Juan in 1898; deputy to the Spanish
Cortes of 1898; appointed by General Henry secretary of the
interior of the first American cabinet that was formed in Puerto
Rico in 1899; appointed by General Davis a member of the insular
board of charities; writer and author; first vice president of the
municipal council of San Juan in 1899 and 1900; president of the
board of education of San Juan in 1900 and 1901; elected as a
Puerto Rican Republican a Resident Commissioner to the United
States in 1900; reelected in 1902, and served from March 4, 1901,
until March 3, 1905; was not a candidate for renomination in 1904;
resumed the practice of law; died in Santurce, Puerto Rico, January
20, 1914; interment in the Cemetery of San Juan.
Bibliography
Degetau y Gonzalez, Federico. The Political Status of Porto
Rico. Washington, Globe Printing Company, 1902; Mergal Llera,
Angel M. “Federico Degetau, Un Orientador De Su
Pueblo.” Ph. D. Diss., Columbia University, 1945.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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