• Olga Aran Méndez (February 5, 1925 – July 29, 2009) was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to a state legislature in the United States mainland, when...
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  • the Portuguese form is Mendes. Méndez may refer to: Ana G. Méndez (1908–1997), Puerto Rican educator Ángel Rivero Méndez (1856–1930), Puerto Rican soldier...
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  • Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos Olga Melnik (born 1974), Russian biathlete Olga A. Méndez (1925–2009), Puerto Rican politician Olga Merediz (born 1956), American...
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  • (1915–1998), Senate of Puerto Rico Manuel A. García Méndez (fl. 1920s–1930s), Senate of Puerto Rico Olga A. Méndez (1925–2009), New York State Senate This...
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    re-elected in 2003. In 2004, longtime state Senator Olga A. Méndez switched parties to become a Republican. With the district overwhelmingly Democratic...
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  • This is a complete list of members of the New York State Senate, past and present. Members who were serving in the Senate as of July 2022 are highlighted...
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  • representative 2002 – Amy Tuck, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi 2002 – Olga A. Méndez, New York State Senator 2002 – Don Cheeks, Georgia State Senator 2002...
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    January 2014 Olga A. Méndez – New York state senator Tony Méndez – The first native-born Puerto Rican to become a district leader of a major political...
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    Fernández Méndez,"Noticias de la Historia Geográfica, Civil y Politica de Puerto Rico, por Fray Iñigo Abad y Lasierra", 1782 Eugenio Fernández Méndez, "Relación...
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    Robert Garcia (January 9, 1933 – January 25, 2017) was a United States representative who represented New York's 21st district (South Bronx). He was elected...
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    weeks in Montauban, they left France with a forged exit certificate, traveled across Spain to Lisbon, and took a Greek steamer to the United States," where...
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  • York City. Méndez (birth name: Antonio Méndez) was born in Puerto Rico. In 1927, he moved to East Harlem in New York City where he established a jewelry...
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    Carol Berman (Dem.), of Lawrence; Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem, and Linda Winikow (Dem.), of Spring...
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    Hoffmann (Dem.), of Syracuse; Mary Ellen Jones (Democrat), of Irondequoit; Olga A. Méndez (Democrat), of East Harlem; Velmanette Montgomery (Democrat), of Brooklyn;...
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  • George D. Maziarz (born May 25, 1953) is a Republican politician from New York State. From 1995 to 2015, Maziarz represented the 62nd District in the...
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    Senators Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (Dem.), of Syracuse; Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem; Velmanette...
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    September 26, 1901, with $5,000. He named the company for his wife, Olga Mendez Monsanto. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended school for six years...
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    Carol Berman (Dem.), of Lawrence; Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem, and Linda Winikow (Dem.), of Spring...
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    (Dem.), of Manhattan; Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (Dem.), of Syracuse; Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem; Velmanette Montgomery (Dem.), of Brooklyn; Suzi...
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    Senators Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (Dem.), of Syracuse; Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem; Velmanette...
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    He also suffered from colon and prostate cancer throughout his life. Olga A. Méndez (1925–2009; aged 82), American politician. Dame Helen Metcalf (1946–2003;...
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    previous legislature—State Senators Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; and Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem; and Assemblywomen Elizabeth Connelly...
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  • bodies. Paul McGrillen, 37, Scottish footballer (Motherwell F.C.). Olga A. Méndez, 84, American politician, New York State Senator (1978–2004), breast...
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    Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain. BRILL. ISBN 978-0812203066. Olga Cecilia Méndez González (April 2013). Thirteenth Century England XIV: Proceedings...
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    members of the previous legislature were elected again: State Senators Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem, and Linda Winikow (Dem.), of Spring Valley;...
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    States. Olga A. Méndez was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to a state legislature in the United States mainland, when, in 1978, she became a member...
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    (Rep.) was elected to fill a vacancy in the Assembly; and on April 11, 1978, Olga A. Méndez (Dem.) was elected to fill a vacancy in the State Senate...
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  • January 2014 Olga A. Méndez (1925–2009) – first Puerto Rican woman elected to a state legislature in the US mainland Rosie Méndez – American Democratic...
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    Senators Mary B. Goodhue (Rep.), a lawyer of Mount Kisco; Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (Dem.), of Syracuse; Olga A. Méndez (Dem.), of East Harlem; Velmanette...
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    legislature—State Senators Nancy Larraine Hoffmann (Democrat), of Syracuse; Olga A. Méndez (Democrat), of East Harlem; Velmanette Montgomery (Democrat), of Brooklyn;...
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