Charles Henry Juliá Barreras (May 7, 1908 – July 28, 1979) was a Puerto Rican politician and judge. He was a three-time member of the

Senate of Puerto Rico The Senate of Puerto Rico ( es, Senado de Puerto Rico) is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate, together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, control t ...

, serving from 1952 to 1964.

Early life

Juliá Barreras ws born on May 7, 1908 in Santurce, San Juan, Pueto Rico. He attended the

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

. While there, he was a founding member of

Phi Sigma Alpha Phi Sigma Alpha (), commonly known as La Sigma, is a Puerto Rican fraternities and sororities, Puerto Rican fraternity originally established as the Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity (Sociedad de Amigos) on October 22, 1928, at the University of Puert ...

fraternity on October 22, 1928.

Career

Juliá Barreras was elected as a delegate for the district of San Juan to the board of the Puerto Rico Bar Association on September 1, 1938. He was a three-time member of the

. He won a seat in the

for the

Partido Estadista Republicano Partido Estadista Republicano (Republican Statehood Party) was a political party in Puerto Rico that operated from 1956 to 1968. Its president was Miguel A. García Méndez. The party formed in 1952 after Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño becam ...

in the 1952, 1956 and 1960 elections. His last term ended in 1964. He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico in 1956 and 1960. In the seventies he was also a judge in San Juan.

Personal history

In 1931, Juliá Barreras was the fourth president of

fraternity. Juliá Barreras died on July 28, 1979. He was interred at the

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in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

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