Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico

The Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Comisionado Residente de Puerto Rico) is a non-voting member of the United States House of Representatives who is elected by voters from Puerto Rico every four years and is the only member of the House who serves a four-year term. Because Puerto Rico is not a state, apportionment does not apply to Puerto Rico, which only has one congressional district (Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district) regardless of its population, which is why Puerto Rico has the most populated congressional district in the United States.

Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
Incumbent Pablo Hernández Rivera since January 3, 2025
United States House of Representatives
Seat	Puerto Rico
Term length	Four years, renewable
Formation	January 2, 1900
First holder	Federico Degetau
Website	gonzalez-colon.house.gov

Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district
Resident Commissioner	Jenniffer Gonzalez R–San Juan
Area	3,515 sq mi (9,100 km2)
Population (2019)	3,193,694
Median household income	14,412
Ethnicity	80.5% Hispanic 8.5% Black 6.8% White 3.6% other 0.4% Native American 0.2% Asian
Occupation	67.9% White-collar 20.5% Blue-collar 11.6% Gray-collar

The current Resident Commissioner is Pablo Hernández Rivera, who is a member of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP).

List of resident commissioners of Puerto Rico

• 1901–1905: Federico Degetau
• 1905–1911: Tulio Larrínaga
• 1911–1916: Luis Muñoz Rivera
• 1916–1917: vacant
• 1917–1932: Félix Córdova Dávila
• 1932–1932: vacant
• 1932–1933: José Lorenzo Pesquera
• 1933–1939: Santiago Iglesias
• 1939–1939: vacant
• 1939–1945: Bolívar Pagán
• 1945–1946: Jesús T. Piñero
• 1946–1946: vacant
• 1946–1965: Antonio Fernós-Isern
• 1965–1969: Santiago Polanco Abreu
• 1969–1973: Jorge Luis Córdova
• 1973–1977: Jaime Benítez Rexach
• 1977–1985: Baltasar Corrada del Río
• 1985–1992: Jaime Fuster
• 1992–1993: Antonio Colorado
• 1993–2001: Carlos Romero Barceló
• 2001–2005: Aníbal Acevedo Vilá
• 2005–2009: Luis Fortuño
• 2009–2017: Pedro Pierluisi
• 2017–2025: Jenniffer González-Colón
• 2025–present: Pablo Hernández Rivera

Election results

2020 Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PNP	Jenniffer González (incumbent)	490,273	40.83
	PPD	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	384,619	32.03
	Citizen's Victory Movement	Zayira Jordán Conde	154,751	12.89
	Project Dignity	Ada Norah Henriquez	94,059	7.83
	Puerto Rican Independence	Luis Piñero González II	76,398	6.36
	Write-in		788	0.07
Total votes			1,200,888	100.00
	PNP hold
	Republican hold