Bolívar Pagán

Bolívar Pagán ( born May 16, 1897 in Guayanilla, † February 9, 1961 in San Juan ) was a Puerto Rican politician. Between 1939 and 1945 he represented Puerto Rico as a delegate ( Resident Commissioner ) in the House of Representatives of the United States.

Career

Bolívar Pagán attended the public schools in Adjuntas and the High School in Ponce. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Puerto Rico and his 1921 was admitted to the bar he began in San Juan to work in this profession. In 1922 he became a judge in Fajardo. From 1923 to 1951 he was a member of the Election Committee of Puerto Rico. Politically, he was a member of the local Partido Socialista. In 1924 he became a member of the Coalition, which was formed after a merger of the Partido Socialista with the Unión Republicana. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico; 1925 to 1929 he was city treasurer in San Juan. In 1928, he sought unsuccessfully to his election to the Senate of Puerto Rico. From 1930 to 1933 he was a member of the local Service Commission. Between 1933 and 1939 he was a member and President of the State Senate from time to time. In the years 1936 and 1937, he served as City Manager, the City Council of San Juan. He was a member of the American delegation to the Interparliamentary Union. In addition, he worked as an author and publisher.

After the death of the congress delegates Santiago Iglesias Bolívar Pagán was appointed by the Governor to his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on December 26, 1939. After a re-election, he could remain until January 3, 1945 in the Congress. This period was marked by the events of the Second World War. In 1944 Bolívar Pagán renounced another candidacy. Between 1945 and 1953 he was again in the Senate of Puerto Rico. Otherwise, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on February 9, 1961 in San Juan.