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Luis Sánchez Morales (November 27, 1867 – March 27, 1934) was a Puerto Rican politician who served as the second

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of the

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from 1930 to 1932.

Biography

Sanchez was born on November 27, 1867, in

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, to Manuel Sánchez Apellaniz (1847-1884) and his mother Ana Morales Seijo (1853-1915). He had two younger brothers, Manuel (1872-1924) and Francisco (1879-1948). He studied in Ciales and in

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. In 1884, with his father, he founded a commercial enterprise. In addition to running the family business, he delved into literature, writing for newspapers and magazines during the latter part of the 19th century, before becoming involved in politics. He represented the Puerto Rican Republican Party, founded by Dr.

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in 1899, in Washington during the discussions leading to the approval of Puerto Rico's first Organic Act, known as the

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of 1900. President

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appointed him as member of the United States territory's "Executive Committee", appointive precursor of the elective

, in 1904, which he then chaired from 1912 to 1917, when the committee was abolished by the Jones Act and replaced by the Senate. During his early years in public service, he continued devoted to his business interests, served as a director of a commercial bank, a trustee of the

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and president of the San Juan Chamber of Commerce and the

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. He died in Río Grande on March 27, 1934, at the age of 66. Was buried at the Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Senate service

In the 1924 general elections, he was elected as a candidate of the Puerto Rico Alliance Party to the Senate, representing the district of San Juan, and was reelected in 1928. After the death of the Senate's first president, Antonio R. Barceló, he was elected as its second president on February 20, 1930, serving until the end of that term in 1932.

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