Insular Government of Porto Rico Gobierno Insular de Puerto Rico (Spanish) | |||||||||
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1900–1952 | |||||||||
Flag
(from 1912) Coat of arms
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Anthems: "Hail, Columbia" (until 1931) "The Star-Spangled Banner"(from 1931) | |||||||||
Status | Unincorporated and organized United States territory[a] | ||||||||
Capital and largest city | San Juan | ||||||||
Official languages | |||||||||
Government | Devolved presidential dependency | ||||||||
President | |||||||||
• 1900–1901 | William McKinley | ||||||||
• 1901–1909 | Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||||
• 1909–1913 | William Howard Taft | ||||||||
• 1913–1921 | Woodrow Wilson | ||||||||
• 1921–1923 | Warren G. Harding | ||||||||
• 1923–1929 | Calvin Coolidge | ||||||||
• 1929–1933 | Herbert Hoover | ||||||||
• 1933–1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||||||||
• 1945–1952 | Harry S. Truman | ||||||||
Governor of Puerto Rico | |||||||||
• 1900–1901 | Charles Herbert Allen | ||||||||
• 1949–1952 | Luis Muñoz Marín | ||||||||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
Senate | |||||||||
House of Representatives | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
April 12, 1900 | |||||||||
March 2, 1917 | |||||||||
July 3, 1950 | |||||||||
June 4, 1951 | |||||||||
March 3, 1952 | |||||||||
July 25, 1952 | |||||||||
Drives on | right | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | PR | ||||||||
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History of Puerto Rico |
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The Insular Government of Porto Rico[1] (Spanish: Gobierno Insular de Puerto Rico), known as the Insular Government of Puerto Rico[2][3][4] after May 17, 1932,[5] was an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States that was established when the Foraker Act became effective on April 12, 1900. The Insular Government was preceded by the Military Government of Porto Rico and was followed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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