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Herman Badillo (/ b ɑː ˈ d iː j oʊ / bah-DEE-yoh, Spanish:; August 21, 1929 – December 3, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as borough president of The Bronx and United States Representative, and ran for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican elected to these posts, and the first Puerto Rican mayoral ...
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Dec 3, 2014 · Herman Badillo, America’s first Puerto Rican-born congressman and a fixture in New York City politics for four decades who championed civil rights, jobs, housing and education reforms, died on...
Dec 4, 2014 · Herman Badillo, a Bronx politician who was the first person born in Puerto Rico to become a U.S. congressman, has died in New York. He was 85. Badillo died Wednesday of complications of...
Dec 4, 2014 · Updated 5:51 PM PDT, December 3, 2014. NEW YORK (AP) — Herman Badillo, a New York City politician who became the first person born in Puerto Rico to become a U.S. congressman, died Wednesday morning. He was 85. The office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. confirmed the death.
Herman Badillo, a trailblazer who went on to serve four terms as the first member of Congress born in Puerto Rico, died Wednesday in New York City.
Dec 4, 2014 · Herman Badillo, a Bronx politician who became the first person born in Puerto Rico to become a U.S. congressman, died Wednesday morning. He was 85. The office of Bronx Borough President Ruben...
Dec 3, 2014 · Former Bronx borough president and congressman Herman Badillo died Wednesday at the age of 85. Badillo died from complications of congestive heart disease at New York Presbyterian’s...
