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U.S. #983
1949 3¢ Puerto Rico Elections Issue

Issue Date: April 27, 1949
City: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Quantity: 108,805,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10 ½
Color: Green

U.S. #983 was issued to commemorate the 1948 election of Luis Muñoz Marin as the first governor of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico’s First Governors
Puerto Rico held its first election for their governor in 1948. Previously, either the King of Spain or the President of the United States appointed the Governor of Puerto Rico. It wasn’t until 1946 that the first Puerto Rican became full-time Governor of Puerto Rico, when President Harry S. Truman named Jesus T. Piñero as governor.

However, twice previously a Puerto Rican had temporarily served as governor. The first time was in 1579, when Juan Ponce de León II, the grandson of explorer Ponce de León, served as interim governor until the arrival of Spanish Governor Jerónimo De Aguero Campuzano. Also, in 1923, Juan Bernado Huyke temporarily held the position in between the administrations of Americans Emmet Montgomery Reilly and Horace Mann Towner.

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