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Puerto Rican politician
Felix Santoni
Member of the Puerto Rico Senate
from the Arecibo district
In office
1917–1920
Personal details
Born(1871-03-10)March 10, 1871
Yauco, Puerto Rico
DiedDecember 15, 1959(1959-12-15) (aged 88)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyUnion of Puerto Rico
ProfessionPolitician

Felix Antonio Santoni Rodriguez was a Puerto Rican politician and senator.

In 1917, Santoni was elected as a member of the first Puerto Rican Senate established by the Jones-Shafroth Act. He represented the Puerto Rico Senatorial district III (Arecibo).

In 1919, Santoni opposed voted against a bill to allow women voting. He claimed that "the time was not right for that reform".

References

  1. Elecciones 1917 Archived March 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine on Pomarrosa
  2. Clark, Truman; Puerto Rico and the United States, 1917-1933, p. 187
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