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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: American Bar Association, politicians, Puerto Rico</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Besosa</b> — of Santurce, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. Born in Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-born.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-24.html">April 24, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/senate.html">Puerto Rico senate</a>, 1924; delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/PR.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>); member of Republican National Committee from Puerto Rico, 1928-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Puerto Rico</a>, 1932-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/10-22.html">October 22, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 181 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/CA-buried.html#cms07889">Cementerio de Isla Verde</a>, Carolina, Puerto Rico. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Manuel Besosa and Fruta (Melero) Besosa; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/09-15.html">September 15, 1900</a>, to Maria Cabellero.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20828025">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Rumsey Beverley (1894-1967)</b> — also known as <b>James R. Beverley</b> — of San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. Born in Dalhart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DL-born.html">Dallam County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/06-15.html">June 15, 1894</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Puerto Rico</a>, 1929, 1932-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">myocardial failure</a>, in Seton <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-died.html">Travis County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/06-17.html">June 17, 1967</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms06263">Austin Memorial Park</a>, Austin, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Beverley and Clara Eleanor (Hendricks) Beverley; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-20.html">June 20, 1925</a>, to Mary Smith Jarmón; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/portland-posley.html#621.47.37">Thomas Lloyd Posey</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38588991">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jose Alberto Cabranes (b. 1940)</b> — of Connecticut. Born in Mayagüez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/MY-born.html">Mayagüez Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/12-22.html">December 22, 1940</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Connecticut</a>, 1979-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit</a>, 1994-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Hispanic</a> ancestry. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=344&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/012/000208385">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Santiago Polanco-Abreu (1920-1988)</b> — of San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. Born in Bayamón, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/BM-born.html">Bayamón Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/10-30.html">October 30, 1920</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/rescom.html">Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico</a>, 1965-69; defeated, 1968. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>. Died in San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-died.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/01-18.html">January 18, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 80 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/IS-buried.html#cms05073">Municipal Cemetery</a>, Isabela, Puerto Rico. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000405">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408798">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Juan B. Torruella (b. 1933)</b> — Born in San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-born.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/06-07.html">June 7, 1933</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Puerto Rico</a>, 1974-84; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit</a>, 1984. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Hispanic</a> ancestry. Member, <b>American Bar Association</b>. 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