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.
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]
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.
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.