| Birth: | Apr. 16, 1866 | | Death: | Oct. 17, 1918 | 
Puerto Rican poet, speaker, teacher, legislator and patriot. De Diego started his political life in the Assembly of the Autonomist Party in Mayaguez in 1891. He desired the fusion of the Party with the National Autonomist Party. Under the Autonomic government of 1897 he was sub-secretary of Justice. Under the Foraker Law he was elected to the Chamber of Delegates and from 1907 was its president. With the institution of the first House of Representatives in 1917, De Diego was its first president. (bio by: Jose Ruiz-Alvarez)
Search Amazon for José Diego | | | Burial:
Cementerio Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis
San Juan
San Juan Municipality
Puerto Rico, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Jose Ruiz-Alvarez
Record added: Mar 17, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8523415 |
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My children attended the Jose de Diego Community Academy in Chicago, IL named after you. Thank you for your works.
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Sonia Sanchez
Added: Mar. 2, 2013 |
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peggy
Added: Oct. 17, 2012 |
Thinking of you on your 93rd anniversary in heaven. Thank you for leaving us with the most beautiful gift of all; the beauty of your mind!! May you be at rest in heavenly peace!!
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Osiris
Added: Oct. 17, 2011 |
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