Title Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, Daniel E. Lungren, chairman, Robert A. Brady, ranking minority member, by the Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

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Washington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2013.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	E184.S75 H5657 2013	Available	---

Description	ix, 764 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series	House document ; 108-225
	House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 108-225.
	United States congressional serial set ; serial no. 14905.
Note	Editor, Matthew A. Wasniewski, Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives; co-editors, Albin Kowalewski, Laura Turner O'Hara, and Terrance Rucker, Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives.
Summary	"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Part I. Former Hispanic American members of Congress -- "Like children under a bad stepmother" : Hispanic congressional representation in the era of U.S. continental expansion, 1822-1898 -- "Foreign in a domestic sense" : Hispanic Americans in Congress during the age of American colonialism and global expansion, 1898-1945 -- Separate interests to national agendas : Hispanic American members of Congress in the civil rights era, 1945-1976 -- Strength in numbers, challenges in diversity : legislative trends and power sharing among Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1977 to present -- Part II. Current Hispanic American members of Congress -- Appendices -- Appendix A: First-term Hispanic-American members of the 112th Congress -- Appendix B: Hispanic-American representatives and senators by Congress, 1822-2012 -- Appendix C: Hispanic-American representatives, senators, delegates, and resident commissioners by state and territory -- Appendix D: Hispanic-American members' committee assignments (Standing, Joint, Select) in the U.S. House and Senate, 1822-2012 -- Appendix E: Hispanic Americans who have chaired congressional committees, 2012 -- Appendix F: Hispanic-American chairs of subcommittees of standing committees in the U.S. House and Senate, 1949-present -- Appendix G: Hispanic Americans in U.S. House party leadership positions, 1987-2012 -- Appendix H: Hispanic-American familial connections in Congress -- Appendix I: Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Conference chairmen and chairwomen, 1976-2012 -- Appendix J: Constitutional amendments, treaties, and major acts of Congress referenced in the text -- Appendix K: Glossary.
Subject	Hispanic American legislators -- Biography.
	Hispanic American legislators.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	United States. Congress -- Biography.
	United States. Congress.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Added Author	Wasniewski, Matthew A. (Matthew Andrew), 1969-
	Kowalewski, Albin.
	O'Hara, Laura Turner.
	Rucker, Terrance.
	United States. Congress. House. Office of the Historian.
	United States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk.
	United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration.
Other Form:	Online version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 (OCoLC)876294715
	Microfiche version: Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 (OCoLC)884508295
ISBN	0160920280
	9780160920288
	9780160920684
	016092068X
Gpo Item No.	1004-E 0996-A-02
	1008-F
Sudoc No.	Y 1.1/7:108-225
	Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 14905

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