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Pagán pushed for Puerto Ricans to elect their own governors. He introduced a number of bills to achieve this, but they were not passed during his tenure. In addition, he brought to the attention of
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continued the work of his father-in-law and successfully advocated the extension of social security benefits to Puerto Rico, and the application of workers' compensation laws to the Island.
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Historia de los
Partidos Politicos Puertorriqueños (1898-1956)
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Litografía Real
Hermanos, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1959.
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List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Puerto Rico
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Historia de los Partidos Politicos Puertorriqueños.
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438:Editorial Stylo, Ciudad de Mejico, Mejico, 1949.
426:Imprenta Venezuela, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1939.
318:In 1921 he graduated with a law degree from the
580:President pro tempore of the Puerto Rico Senate
104:President pro tempore of the Puerto Rico Senate
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246:(May 16, 1897 – February 9, 1961) was a
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344:Instituto de Literatura Puertorriqueña.
334:In 1924, Pagán ran unsuccessfully as a
320:University of Puerto Rico School of Law
250:historian, journalist, and politician.
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469:"Bolívar Pagán (id: P000013)"
516:. 1939-12-05. Archived from
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349:In 1939 Pagán was appointed
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127:Celestino Iriarte Miró
604:Jesus Benitez Castaño
564:Senate of Puerto Rico
455:List of Puerto Ricans
391:Carolina, Puerto Rico
351:Resident Commissioner
291:Puerto Rico Ilustrado
324:Fajardo, Puerto Rico
543:Library of Congress
340:Puerto Rican Senate
294:and editor to both
244:Bolívar Pagán Lucca
158:Bolívar Pagán Lucca
597:Political offices
590:Luis Padrón Rivera
424:Ideales en Marcha.
397:Major publications
379:Rexford G. Tugwell
258:Pagán was born in
139:Luis Padrón Rivera
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483:References
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747:Polanco
702:Degetau
296:La Idea
25:surname
767:Fuster
737:Piñero
288:, and
277:El Día
732:Pagán
268:Ponce
33:Lucca
29:Pagán
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