1944 Puerto Rican general election

none February 2026 January 2025 1944 Puerto Rico elections Puerto Rico presidential no 1940 Puerto Rico elections 1940 1944 11 07 1948 Puerto Rico elections 1948 General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 7, 1944.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook: Volume I, Oxford University Press, p552 These were the last elections before the introduction of direct elections for governor in 1948; incumbent governor Rexford Tugwell had been appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Suffrage was universal; women and men over the age of 21 were eligible to vote. The Republican Union joined forces with the remnants of the Tripartite Puerto Rican Unification movement, now called the Puerto Rican Progressive Party in the Partido Unión Republicana Progresista (PURP). The PURP and the Socialist Party formed a united front against the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Jesús T. Piñero of the PPD was elected Resident Commissioner with 65% of the vote.Escrutinio de las Elecciones Generales del 7 de noviembre de 1944 Puerto Rican Election Archive However, he would later be appointed Governor by President Harry S. Truman in 1946, becoming the only Puerto Rican-born person appointed to the position. He served as governor until Luis Muñoz Marín was elected governor in 1948. Results Resident commissioner Jesús T. Piñero Popular Democratic Party 383280 Manuel Font PURP–PS–PL 208516 Agustín Fernández Authentic Party 159 Francisco Grovas Proletarian Party 23 719159 Nolla,Nolla Nohlen Senate At-large senators Notes Luis Muñoz Marín Popular Democratic Party 148028 Elected Rafael Arjona Siaca Popular Democratic Party 131067 Elected Vicente Geigel Polanco Popular Democratic Party 104104 Elected Bolívar Pagán Socialist Party 67973 Elected Leopoldo Figueroa Partido Unión Republicana Progresista 53131 Elected José A. Balseiro Partido Unión Republicana Progresista 48405 Josefina Barceló Bird de Romero Liberal Party of Puerto Rico 38643 Luis Rojas Authentic Party 242 Victor M. Morales Proletarian Party 102 Independents 618 NollaNolla District senators Class 1 Class 2 Popular Democratic Party 383293 7 383303 7 14 PURP–PS–PL 208226 0 208219 0 0 Authentic Party 116 0 142 0 0 Proletarian Party 20 0 20 0 0 NollaNolla House of Representatives At-large representatives Notes Ernesto Ramos Antonini Popular Democratic Party 141784 Elected Samuel R. Quiñones Popular Democratic Party 128645 Elected Benjamín Ortiz Popular Democratic Party 112722 Elected Celestino Iriarte Miró Partido Unión Republicana Progresista 101536 Elected Lino Padrón Rivera Socialist Party 67953 Rafael Rodríguez Pacheco Liberal Party of Puerto Rico 38581 Osvaldo Albarrán Authentic Party 242 Tomás de Jesús Castro Proletarian Party 100 Independents 624 NollaNolla District representatives Popular Democratic Party 383324 34 PURP–PS–PL 208824 1 Authentic Party 141 0 Proletarian Party 15 0 NollaNolla See also 1940 Puerto Rican general election 1948 Puerto Rican general election References Category:General elections in Puerto Rico General Puerto Puerto Rico Category:United States House of Representatives elections in Puerto Rico Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:November 1944 in the United States