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Fernós Isern, Antonio, 1895-1974

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Personal name headingFernós Isern, Antonio, 1895-1974
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Variant(s)Isern, Antonio Fernós, 1895-1974
Birth date18950510
Death date19740119
Place of birthSan Lorenzo, P.R.
Place of deathSan Juan, P.R.
AffiliationUnited States. Congress
Puerto Rico. Legislative Assembly. Senate
Profession or occupationPhysicians
Found inHis Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, 1974: t.p. (Antonio Fernós Isern)
LC in RLIN, 7-27-86 (hdg.: Fernós Isern, Antonio, 1895- )
His Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto ... 1988, c1987: CIP t.p. (Antonio Fernós Isern) data sheet (d. 1-19-74)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 14, 2013 (Fernós-Isern, Antonio (1895-1974); a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; born in San Lorenzo, P.R., May 10, 1895; attended elementary and high schools in Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania State Normal School, Bloomsburg, Pa; graduated from the University of Maryland, College of Physicians and Surgeons and School of Medicine, College Park, Md., 1915; physician; health officer of the city of San Juan, P.R., 1919; assistant commissioner of health Puerto Rico, 1920-1921, 1923-1931; commissioner of health of Puerto Rico, 1931-1933, 1942-1946; faculty, Public Health School of Tropical Medicine of Puerto Rico, 1931-1935; unsuccessful candidate as a Popular Democrat for Resident Commissioner in 1940; director of civilian defense, metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, 1942; appointed a Resident Commissioner by the Governor of Puerto Rico as a Popular Democrat to the Seventy-Ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Resident Commissioner Jesús T. Piñero for the term ending January 3, 1949; elected to the Eighty-First Congress for a four-year term and reelected to the three succeeding four-year terms (September 11, 1946-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate for reelection to the Eighty-Ninth Congress in 1964; member of the Puerto Rican senate, 1965-1969; died on January 19, 1974, in San Juan, P.R.)