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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Puerto RicoSantiago IGLESIAS
(1872-1939)
IGLESIAS, Santiago,
(formerly Santiago Iglesias Pantin), a Resident Commissioner from
Puerto Rico; born in La Coruña, Spain, February 22, 1872;
attended the common schools; apprenticed as a cabinet maker; moved
to Cuba and was secretary of the Workingmen Trades Circle in Habana
1889-1896; moved to Puerto Rico and was the founder and editor of
three labor papers: Porvenir Social 1898-1900, Union Obrera
1903-1906, Justicia 1914-1925; appointed general organizer of the
American Federation of Labor for the districts of Puerto Rico and
Cuba in 1901; member of the Puerto Rican senate 1917-1933; served
as secretary of the Pan American Federation of Labor 1925-1933;
elected as a Coalitionist a Resident Commissioner to the United
States on November 8, 1932; reelected in 1936 for the term ending
January 3, 1941, and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in
Washington, D.C., December 5, 1939; interment in San Juan Cemetery,
San Juan, P.R.
Bibliography
Iglesias Pantín, Santiago. Luchas Emancipadoras:
Crónicas de Puerto Rico. V. 1. Prólogo por Bolivar
Pagán. San Juan, P. R.: Imp. Venezuela, 1958; Cordova, Gonzalo
F. Resident Commissioner, Santiago Iglesias and His Times.
Rio Piedras, P. R.: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico,
1993.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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