Resident Commissioner - United States

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  • The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico does not reside there but represents the U.S. Commonwealth in the continental United States, particularly in the capital of Washington, DC. He or she represents Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives, where the Resident Commissioner has a status equivalent to a territorial delegate, as well as before executive departments.
  • Resident Commissioners from the Philippines held a similar position when the Philippines was a United States territory and then Commonwealth. The position was originally created by the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 with the first commissioners serving from 1905. The position ended with Philippine Independence in 1946.
  • In most other U.S. overseas (and historically pre-state) territories, a similar representative position is styled Delegate.
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