[DOC] [TLE] Hispanic Americans in Congress -- Ros-Lehtinen - Library of Congress [PAR] The first Hispanic woman elected to Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, was born in 
Havana, Cuba on July 15, 1952, and emigrated to the United States when she 
was seven years old. ... She served until 1986, when she became a State 
Senator. ... She served as State Senator until 1989, when she was elected to the 
U.S.... [DOC] [TLE] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - Wikipedia [PAR] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida, 
representing Florida's 27th congressional district. She served as Chairwoman of 
the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 20112013. In 1989, Ros-Lehtinen 
became the first Cuban American and Latina elected to Congress. ... She was the 
first Cuban American elected to the United States Congress and... [DOC] [TLE] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, First Latina Elected to Congress | MAKERS ... [PAR] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on leaving Cuba and her improbable journey to becoming ... 
and a doctorate after a decade-and-a-half in the United States Congress. Ros-
Lehtinen's 1989 election to the latter made her the first Cuban-American and the
... [DOC] [TLE] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - Encyclopedia.com [PAR] Definition of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen  Our online dictionary has Ileana ... In 1982, 
she became the first Cuban-born female to be elected to the Florida state 
legislature. ... a state legislator, she won a special election held on August 29, 
1989, to fill the seat left ... "As the first Cuban-American elected to Congress," 
Boston Globe... [DOC] [TLE] About the Chairman - House Committee on Foreign Affairs [PAR] Since her election in 1989 to the United States Congress, Rep. Ileana Ros-
Lehtinen has proudly represented Florida's 18th Congressional District in ... 
Castro, she became the first Hispanic woman and first Cuban-American elected 
to Congress. Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen became Chairman of the House 
Committee on... [DOC] [TLE] Featured Articles about Ileana Ros Lehtinen - Page 2 - latimes [PAR] September 6, 1989 | From Times wire services and. Republican Ileana Ros-
Lehtinen, elected to succeed the late Rep. Claude Pepper (D-Fla.), was sworn in 
today to become the first Cuban-American elected to Congress. ... The state 
senator's victory gave the GOP the Miami-area House seat that had been held by 
Pepper... [DOC] [TLE] Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - Community Counts [PAR] Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was born on July 15, 1952 in Havana, 
Cuba. ... Soon after, in 1986, she became the first Hispanic woman in the Florida 
Senate. Upon her election to the United States Congress in 1989, she had the 
honor ... woman elected to Congress, in addition to being the first Cuban-
American in... [DOC] [TLE] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: 1952: U.S. Congressional Representative ... [PAR] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: 1952: U.S. Congressional Representative - Won First 
Election ... 1982, she spent four years there and then won election to the state 
senate in 1986. ... Ros-Lehtinen's breakthrough to the national level came in 
1989 with the ... gaining an overwhelming majority of the Cuban-American vote 
but losing... [DOC] [TLE] roslehtinenileana [PAR] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was seven years of age when her family left Cuba for Miami, 
... A state representative and later senator in the Florida legislature from 1982 
until ... She became the first Cuban American woman elected to Congress in 
1989. [DOC] [TLE] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on Principles & Values - OnTheIssues.org [PAR] Jul 1, 2016 ... Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's speech mostly tracks that delivered by 
U.S. Rep. ... Source: Miami Herald on 2014 State of the Union response , Jan 29, 
2014. 1989: First Cuban-American elected to Congress ... Ros-Lehtinen won the 
seat and became the first Cuban-born American and the first... [DOC] [TLE] Election Scars May Heal Slowly Ros-lehtinen Calls For Ethnic Unity ... [PAR] Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who became the first Cuban-American elected to Congress

Question: In 1989 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of this state became the first Cuban-American elected to Congress
Answer: Florida