Charles Henry Juliá Barreras Explained

Charles H. Juliá Barreras
State Senate:Puerto Rico
District:At-large
Term Start:1952
Term End:1964
Birth Date:May 7, 1908
Birth Place:Santurce, Puerto Rico
Birth Name:Charles Henry Juliá Barreras
Death Date:July 28, 1979
Party:Partido Estadista Republicano
Alma Mater:University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Branch: United States Army
Rank: Major

Charles Henry Juliá Barreras (May 7, 1908 – July 28, 1979) was a Puerto Rican politician and judge. He was a three-time member of the Senate of Puerto Rico, serving from 1952 to 1964.

Early life

Juliá Barreras ws born on May 7, 1908 in Santurce, San Juan, Pueto Rico.

He attended the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. While there, he was a founding member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity on October 22, 1928. Served in the United States Army with the rank of Major during the World War II era.[1]

Career

Juliá Barreras was elected as a delegate for the district of San Juan to the board of the Puerto Rico Bar Association on September 1, 1938.[2] He was a three-time member of the Senate of Puerto Rico.[3] He won a seat in the Senate of Puerto Rico for the Partido Estadista Republicano in the 1952, 1956 and 1960 elections. His last term ended in 1964.

He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico in 1956 and 1960.[4] In the seventies he was also a judge in San Juan.

Personal history

In 1931, Juliá Barreras was the fourth president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.[5]

Juliá Barreras died on July 28, 1979. He was interred at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sigma History . June 28, 2009 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090506181354/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=6 . May 6, 2009 .
  2. Mondríguez Torres . Carlos . August 25, 2009 . Ponencia de Carlos Mondríguez Torres En torno al P de la C 152 Ante la Comisión de Seguridad Pública y Asuntos de la Judicatura del Senado Reunida en el Colegio de Abogados 25 de agosto de 2009 . es . Puerto Rico . 10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727062711/http://www.capr.org/dmdocuments/pres/pdelc152/Ponencia_Carlos_Mondriguez.pdf . July 27, 2011 . August 21, 2010 . dead.
  3. Book: Bayrón Toro, Fernando . Elecciones y Partidos Politicos de Puerto Rico 1809–2000 . Editorial Isla . 2003 . 0-9650185-0-4 . . 215–233 . es . true.
  4. Web site: Political Graveyard . June 28, 2009 . politicalgraveyard.com.
  5. Web site: n.d. . Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022259/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm . July 23, 2011 . fisigmaalfa.org.