Samuel Ramón Quiñones Quiñones (October 29, 1903 – March 11, 1976) commonly known as Samuel R. Quiñones was a prominent attorney in Puerto Rico who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico from 1941 to 1943 and for twenty years in the

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as its fifth President, from 1949 to 1968, by far the longest serving Senate President. He is also the only person two hold both posts.

Biography

Samuel Ramón Quiñones Quiñones was born in

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to his parents Don Francisco Quiñones and Doña Dolores Quiñones. He studied law at the

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. During the 1930s and 1940s he served on various organizations: President of

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(1934-1937), President of Colegio de Abogados (1943-1945), President of House of Representatives in Puerto Rico (1941-1943), Vice President for the

(1945) and elected President of PPD ( Partido Popular Democrático) in 1938.''Puerto Rico: Figuras, apuntes históricos, símbolos nacionales'', por Esther M. Melón de Díaz, 1975, pg. 200. He had also served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the early 1940s. During his terms in office as President of the Senate, he commissioned the famed Toro & Ferrer architectural firm to design the Senate Annex office building, which was inaugurated in 1955. Between 1951 and 1952 he served as one of the most prominent members of the Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico that drafted the

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. A prolific poet and writer, he founded the literary magazine called ''Índice''. In 1941 he published an essay book: ''Temas y letras''. Quiñones died in

by his

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on March 11, 1976, at the age of 71. Was buried at

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in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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* "Legisladores puertorriqueños 1900-1996", by Nestor Rigual * "Elecciones y Partidos Politicos de Puerto Rico 1809-2000", by Fernando Bayron Toro {{DEFAULTSORT:Quinones, Samuel Burials at Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery 20th-century Puerto Rican lawyers People from San Juan, Puerto Rico Members of the Senate of Puerto Rico 1903 births 1976 deaths Speakers of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico Puerto Rican poets Puerto Rican male writers 20th-century American poets Presidents of the Senate of Puerto Rico Presidents pro tempore of the Senate of Puerto Rico Deaths from cancer in Puerto Rico Deaths from oral cancer 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American male writers 20th-century Puerto Rican poets

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