United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico, 1944

Puerto Rico's At-large district.

The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 7, 1944, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1944.

Candidates for Resident Commissioner

Election results

Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district election, 1944[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Popular Democratic Jesús T. Piñero 383,317 64.73
Republican Union Manual Font 208,723 35.24
N/A 182 0.03
Total votes 592,222 100.00
Popular Democratic gain from Republican Union

See also

References

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