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On June 8, 1950, the United States government approved Public Law 600, authorizing Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution in 1951. The Constitutional Assembly met for a period of several months between 1951 and 1952 in which the document was written. The framers had to follow only two basic requirements established under Public Law 600. The first was the document must establish a republican form of government for the island. The second was the inclusion of a Bill of Rights.
The Constitution of Puerto Rico renamed the body politic until then known as "People of Puerto Rico", and henceforth known as the "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" (Estado Libre Asociado).
Members of the Constitutional Assembly
Delegate | Party | Constituency | Notes |
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Manuel Acevedo Rosario | P | Aguadilla | |
Juan Alemany Silva | P | Guayama | |
Arcilio Alvarado | PPD | San Juan I | |
Enrique Álvarez Vicente | P | Arecibo | |
Francisco L. Anselmi | P | Ponce | |
Francisco A. Arrillaga Gaztambide | PPD | San Juan I | |
Carmelo Ávila Medina | P | Humacao | |
José B. Barceló | P | Ponce | |
Ramón Barreto Pérez | PPD | San Juan I | |
Ramón Barrios | PS | At-large | |
Jaime Benitez Rexach | PPD | At-large | |
Francisco Berio Suárez | P | Guayama | |
Virgilio Brunet Maldonado | PPD | At-large | |
Agustín Burgos | P | Ponce | |
Mario Canales | P | Ponce | |
Ángel Candelario Arce | P | Mayagüez | |
Ernesto Carrasquillo | P | Humacao | |
Dionisio Casillas | P | Humacao | |
José A. Cintrón Rivera | PPD | At-large | |
Luis Alfredo Colón | P | Aguadilla | |
Ramiro L. Colón | P | Ponce | |
Juan Dávila Díaz | P | Arecibo | |
José M. Dávila Monsanto | P | Guayama | |
Lionel Fernández Méndez | P | Guayama | |
Antonio Fernós Isern | PPD | At-large | Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico |
Luis A. Ferré Aguayo | PE | Ponce | |
Alcides Figueroa | P | Aguadilla | |
Leopoldo Figueroa Carreras | PE | At-large | |
Ernesto Juan Fonfrías | P | San Juan II | |
Jorge Font Saldaña | PPD | At-large | |
Juan R. García Delgado | PE | Aguadilla | |
Miguel A. García Méndez | PE | Mayagüez | |
Genaro Gautier | PPD | San Juan I | |
Rubén Gaztambide Arrillaga | PPD | San Juan I | |
Fernando J. Géigel | PPD | San Juan I | |
Darío Goitía | P | Arecibo | |
María Libertad Gómez | PPD | At-large | |
Héctor González Blanes | PE | San Juan I | |
Andrés Grillasca | P | Ponce | |
Víctor Gutiérrez Franqui | PPD | At-large | |
Celestino Iriarte | PE | At-large | |
Jesús Izcoa Moure | P | San Juan II | |
Lorenzo Lagarde Garcés | P | Ponce | |
Ramón Llobet, Jr. | P | San Juan II | |
Ramiro Martínez Sandín | P | Arecibo | |
Juan Meléndez Báez | PPD | San Juan I | |
Ramón Mellado | P | San Juan II | |
Bernardo Méndez | P | Aguadilla | |
Armando Mignucci | P | Mayagüez | |
José Mimoso Respaldo | P | Guayama | |
Pablo Morales Otero | P | San Juan II | |
Luis Muñoz Marín | PPD | At-large | Governor of Puerto Rico |
Luis Muñoz Rivera (senator) | PPD | San Juan I | |
Eduardo Negrón Benítez | P | Aguadilla | |
Luis A. Negrón López | PPD | Mayagüez | |
Abraham Nieves | P | Guayama | |
Mario Orsini Martínez | P | Humacao | |
Benjamín Ortiz | PPD | At-large | |
Cruz Ortiz Stella | P | Humacao | |
Lino Padrón Rivera | PS | At-large | |
Santiago R. Palmer | PPD | Mayagüez | |
Norman E. Parkhurst | P | San Juan II | |
Francisco Paz Granela | PPD | At-large | |
Santiago Polanco Abreu | PPD | Arecibo | |
Samuel R. Quiñones | PPD | At-large | President, Senate |
Ubaldino Ramírez de Arellano | P | Mayagüez | |
Ramón María Ramos | P | Guayama | |
Ernesto Ramos Antonini | PPD | At-large | President, House of Representatives |
Antonio Reyes Delgado | PS | At-large | |
Dolores Rivera Candelaria | P | Arecibo | |
Heraclio H. Rivera Colón | P | San Juan II | |
Alejo Rivera Morales | P | Humacao | |
Álvaro Rivera Reyes | P | Humacao | |
Carmelo Rodríguez García | P | Arecibo | |
Carlos Román Benítez | P | San Juan II | |
Alfonso Román García | P | Humacao | |
Joaquín Rosa | P | Arecibo | |
José Rosario Gelpí | P | Mayagüez | |
Alberto E. Sánchez | PPD | At-large | |
Ángel Sandín | P | Arecibo | |
Luis Santaliz Capestany | P | Aguadilla | |
Yldefonso Solá Morales | P | Guayama | |
Juan B. Soto González | PE | At-large | |
Rafael Torrech Genovés | P | San Juan II | |
Lucas Torres | P | Ponce | |
Pedro Torres Díaz | P | Humacao | |
José Trías Monge | PPD | At-large | |
Augusto Valentín Vizcarrondo | P | Mayagüez | |
Baudilio Vega Berríos | P | Mayagüez | |
Sigfredo Vélez González | P | Arecibo | |
José Veray, Jr. | P | Aguadilla | |
José Villares Rodríguez | P | Guayama |
Committees
Permanent Committees designated by Dr. Antonio Fernós Isern, President of the Constituent Convention of Puerto Rico during the September 25, 1951 session.
- Rules Committee
Ortiz Stella, Cruz; Mimoso Raspaldo, José; Colón Velázquez, Luis Alfredo; Santaliz Capestany, Luis; Lionel Fernández Méndez; Negrón Benítez, Eduardo; Rosa Gómez, Joaquín; Vega Berríos, Baudilio; García Delgado, Juan R.; Gelpí Bosch, José Rosario; Barrios Sánchez, Ramón
- Publications and Disbursements Committee
1. Palmer Díaz, Santiago R.
2. Román García, Alfonso
3. Dávila Díaz Juan
4. Burgos Rivera, Agustín
5. Casillas Casillas, Dionisio
6. Arrillaga Gaztambide, Francisco
7. Nieves Negrón, Abraham
8. Muñoz Rivera, Luis
9. Parkhurst, Norman E.
10. García Delgado, Juan R.
11. Álvarez Vicente, Enrique
- Calendar Committee
1. Ortiz Ortiz, Benjamín
2. Rivera Colón, Heraclio H.
3. Vélez González, Sigfredo
4. Román Benítez, Carlos
5. Berio Suárez, Francisco
6. Mignucci Calder, Armando
7. Torres Díaz, Pedro
8. Torres Santos, Lucas
9. Figueroa Carreras, Leopoldo
10. García Méndez, Miguel A.
11. Barrios Sánchez, Ramón
- Preamble, Orders and Amendment Procedures Committee
1. Muñoz Marín, Luis
2. Trías Monge, José
3. Font Saldaña, Jorge
4. Ramos Antonini, Ernesto
5. Fonfrías Rivera, Ernesto Juan
6. Mellado Parsons, Ramón
7. Brunet Maldonado, Virgilio
8. Gautier Dapena, Jenaro
9. Román Benítez, Carlos
10. Colón Velázquez, Luis Alfredo
11. Ferré Aguayo, Luis A.
12. Colón Castaño, Ramiro L.
13. Reyes Delgado, Antonio
14. González Blanes, Héctor
15. Martínez Sandín, Ramiro
- Bill of Rights Committee
1. Benítez Rexach, Jaime
2. Carrasquillo Quiñones, Ernesto
3. Méndez Jiménez, Bernardo
4. Brunet Maldonado, Virgilio
5. Ortiz Stella, Cruz
6. Ribera Reyes, Álvaro
7. Paz Granela, Francisco
8. Cintrón Rivera, José A.
9. Sánchez Nazario, Alberto E.
10. Meléndez Báez, Juan
11. Alvarado Alvarado, Arcilio
12. Gaztambide Arrillaga, Rubén
13. González Blanes, Héctor
14. Figueroa Carreras, Leopoldo
15. Soto González, Juan Bautista
16. Padrón Rivera, Lino
17. Reyes Delgado, Antonio
- Legislative Branch Committee
1. Negrón López, Luis A.
2. Gaztambide Arrillaga, Rubén
3. Anselmi Rodríguez, Francisco L.
4. Rivera Colón, Heraclio H.
5. Barreto Pérez, Ramón
6. Valentín Vizcarrondo, Augusto
7. Canales Torresola, Mario
8. Ramírez de Arellano Quiñones, Ubaldino
9. Géigel Sabat, Fernando J.
10. Iriarte Miró, Celestino
11. Padrón Rivera, Lino
- Executive Branch Committee
1. Quiñones Quiñones, Samuel R.
2. Ribera Reyes, Álvaro
3. Negrón López, Luis A.
4. Goitía Montalvo, Dario
5. Rodríguez García, Carmelo
6. Morales Otero, Pablo
7. Solá Morales, Yldefonso
8. Torrech Genovés, Rafael
9. Gelpí Bosch, José Rosario
10. Veray Hernández Jr., José
11. Reyes Delgado, Antonio
- Judicial Branch Committee
1. Ramos Antonini, Ernesto
2. Villares Rodríguez, José
3. Dávila Monsanto, José M.
4. Lagarde Garcés, Lorenzo
5. Polanco Abreu, Santiago
6. Fonfrías Rivera, Ernesto Juan
7. Trías Monge, José
8. Candelario Arce, Ángel M.
9. Gutiérrez Franqui, Víctor
10. Alvarado Alvarado, Arcilio
11. Soto González, Juan Bautista
12. García Méndez, Miguel A.
13. Orsini Martínez, Mario
14. Iriarte Miró, Celestino
15. Padrón Rivera, Lino
- Transitory Dispositions and General Affairs Committee
1. Solá Morales, Yldefonso
2. Polanco Abreu, Santiago
3. Sandín Martínez, Angel
4. Anselmi Rodríguez, Francisco L.
5. Ávila Medina, Carmelo
6. Grillasca Salas, Andrés
7. Barceló Oliver, José Bartolo
8. Acevedo Rosario, Manuel
9. Figueroa Oliva, Alcides
10. Rivera Candelaria, Dolores
11. Ferré Aguayo, Luis A.
12. Llobet Díaz, Ramón
13. Veray Hernández Jr., José
14. Rivera Morales, Alejo
15. Martínez Sandín, Ramiro
- Drafting and Style Committee
1. Gutiérrez Franqui, Víctor
2. Gómez Garriga, María Libertad
3. Font Saldaña, Jorge
4. Quiñones Quiñones, Samuel R.
5. Benítez Rexach, Jaime
6. Ortiz Ortiz, Benjamín
7. Lionel Fernández Méndez
8. Izcoa Moure, Jesús
9. Alemany Silva, Juan
10. Ramos de Jesús, Ramón María
11. Orsini Martínez, Mario