Alphabetical list of Hispanic-American members of Congress -- Introduction -- Part I. Former Hispanic American members of Congress -- From democracy's borderlands : Hispanic congressional representation in the era of U.S. continental expansion, 1822-1898 -- "Foreign in a domestic sense" : Hispanic Americans in Congress during the age of U.S. colonialism and global expansion, 1898-1945 -- Separate interests to national agendas : Hispanic American members of Congress in the Civil Rights Era, 1945-1977 -- Strength in numbers, challenges in diversity : legislative trends and power sharing among Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1977-2012 -- Part II. Current Hispanic American members of Congress -- Part III. Appendices -- Appendix A: Hispanic-American representatives, senators, delegates, and resident commissioners by Congress, 1822-2012 -- Appendix B: Hispanic-American representatives, senators, delegates, and resident commissioners by state and territory, 1822-2012 -- Appendix C: Hispanic-American members' committee assignments (Standing, Joint, Select) in the U.S. House and Senate, 1822-2012 -- Appendix D: Hispanic Americans who have chaired congressional committees, 1881-2012 -- Appendix E: Hispanic-American chairs of subcommittees of standing and select committees in the U.S. House and Senate, 1949-2012 -- Appendix F: Hispanic Americans in U.S. House party leadership positions, 1987-2012 -- Appendix G: Hispanic-American familial connections in Congress -- Appendix H: Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Conference chairmen and chairwomen, 1976-2012 -- Appendix I: Constitutional amendments, treaties, and major acts of Congress referenced in the text -- Appendix J: Original text of political poems and songs referenced in contextual essays -- Appendix K: Glossary.