Baltasar Corrada

A Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Born in Morovis, P. R. , April 10, 1935. Attended Morovis Public Elementary School. Graduated from Colegio Ponceno de Varones High School, 1952. B. A. , University of Puerto Rico, 1956. J. D. , University of Puerto Rico Law School, 1959. Admitted to the Puerto Rico bar in 1959 and commenced practice in San Juan. Appointed to the Civil Rights Commission of Puerto Rico, 1969. Columnist, El Mundo newspaper. Member, Puerto Rico Human Rights Review, 1971-1972. Elected as a New Progressive to the Ninety-Fifth Congress for a four-year term and reelected to the succeeding term (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1985). Caucused with the Democratic Party. Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-Ninth Congress in 1984, but was elected mayor of San Juan, P. R. In 1985. Elected president, New Progressive Party, 1986. Died on March 11, 2018, in Fort Myers, Fla.