Insular Government of Porto Rico Gobierno Insular de Puerto Rico (Spanish) | |||||||||
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| 1900–1952 | |||||||||
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| Anthems: "Hail, Columbia" (until 1931) "The Star-Spangled Banner"(from 1931) | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
| Driving side | right | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | PR | ||||||||
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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 United States Military Government of Porto Rico and was followed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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- ^ "leyes de puerto rico" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual de OGP. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Leyes de Puerto Rico" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual de OGP. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Ley Núm. 43 de 16 de Abril de 1952" (PDF). Biblioteca Virtual de OGP. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "EXECUTIVE ORDER 10184". Truman Library. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Puerto Rico From and after May 17, 1932" (PDF). GovInfo. Retrieved January 1, 2024.