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Puerto Rican judge
Martin Travieso, Jr.
(July 6, 1882 ? January 15, 1971) was a
Puerto Rican
politician
,
senator
,
lawyer
, and
judge
. He was a member of the
Senate of Puerto Rico
from 1917 to 1921. He also served as
Mayor of San Juan
from 1921 to 1923.
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Biography
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Martin Travieso was born in 1882 in
Mayaguez
,
Puerto Rico
. He received his
law degree
from
Cornell Law School
in 1903.
In 1904, Travieso joined the
Union Party
in Puerto Rico, serving as member of the Executive Cabinet from 1908 to 1914. In 1917, he served as provisional
governor
.
That same year, Travieso was elected to the
first Senate of Puerto Rico
. He served as senator for one term until 1921. After that, he served as
Mayor of San Juan
from 1921 to 1923.
Travieso left the Union Party in 1931 and joined the
Liberal Party of Puerto Rico
. In 1936, he was appointed by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as associate justice of the
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
. He then served as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
from 1944 to 1948.
For the
1948 general elections
, Travieso was a candidate for governor, representing a coalition of several parties (the
Socialist Party
and
Puerto Rican Renewal Party
, among others). However, he lost to
Luis Munoz Marin
.
Travieso died in 1971 at age 88.
See also
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References
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"Martin Travieso"
.
The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War (Hispanic Division, Library of Congress)
. June 22, 2011
. Retrieved
November 30,
2021
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