Today marks the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month, so we’re taking a #FlashbackFriday look at the first Hispanic person to serve in Congress.
Joseph Marion Hernández was born in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1788, when it was still under Spanish rule. He became an American citizen when Florida became a US territory in 1822. A prominent plantation and slave owner, Hernández was chosen to serve as a delegate for the remainder of the 17th Congress.
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