page_title: List of Spanish Americans
section_title: Governors and politicians
hierarchical_section_title: List of Spanish Americans / List / Governors and politicians
caption_attribution_description: English: Governor Bob Martinez gets down to business on his first full day in office as he gestures during a Wednesday news conference while elaborating on his ordered hiring freeze of state jobs under the control of .
context_page_description: This is a list of notable Americans of Spanish descent, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
  There are also many people in the United States of Hispanic "national" origin, or other Latin Americans, who self-identify their heritage as being from Spain.
  The list also includes many settlers and descendants of Spanish settlers who lived in the Spanish colonies south of the current U.S. when those territories were incorporated into U.S. and to his inhabitants were given the U.S. citizenship.
  This list is ordered by surname within section.
  To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Spanish American or must have references showing they are Spanish American and are notable.
context_section_description: Julian A. Chavez (1808–1879) – rancher, landowner and elected official in early Los Angeles, California, who served multiple terms on the Los Angeles Common Council (the forerunner to the present-day City Council) and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
  Rafael Anchia – Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives. His father is a Spanish Basque.
  Jerry Apodaca – Democratic Governor of New Mexico (1974–78).
  Polly Baca – American politician who served as Chair the Democratic Caucus of the Colorado House of Representatives (1976–79), being the first woman to hold that office, and the first Hispanic woman elected to the Colorado State Senate. She is a descendant of Spanish and Mexican settlers of New Mexico and Colorado, arrived there in the colonial period.
  Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (1773–1833) – lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Senator from Louisiana between 1824 and 1829. He was son of Francisco Bouligny.
  Dionisio Botiller (1842–1915) – elected a member of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council, the governing body of the city. Botiller's Spanish-heritage family settled in California in the 18th Century, living near Santa Barbara.
  Kate Brown – Democratic Governor of Oregon since 2015.
  Carlos Lopez-Cantera – Republican politician from Miami, who served in the Florida House of Representatives before being appointed the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Florida (2014-2018)
  Carlos Antonio Carrillo (1783–1852) – Governor of Alta California, (1837–1838)
  José Antonio Carrillo (1796–1862) – Californio ranchero, official and political. He was mayor of Los Angeles, California (1826, 1828, and 1833).
  Juan José Carrillo (1842–1916) – first mayor of Santa Monica, California
  Pedro Casanave (?–1796?) – Spanish merchant who became the Master Masonic and fifth mayor of Georgetown (modern Washington DC). Casanave is particularly remembered for having buried the first stone in what later became the White House, on October 12, 1792.
  Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca (1864–1917) – first Hispano elected for office as Lieutenant Governor in New Mexico's first election. He was a descendant of the original Spanish settlers which later became part of the Baca Family of New Mexico.
  Dennis Chavez (1888–1962) – Democratic U.S. Senator from the State of New Mexico.
  Linda Chavez – father's family came to New Mexico from Spain in 1601.
  Henry Cisneros – politician and businessman
  Page Cortez (born 1961) – businessman from Lafayette, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 23.
  Ted Cruz – U.S. Senator from Texas since 2013. His father is the Cuban son of a Spanish father from the Canary Islands
  Manuel Dominguez (1804–1882) – Mayor of Los Angeles (1832). He was of Spanish settlers descent.
  Albert Estopinal (1845–1919) – sugar cane planter from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature between 1876 and 1900 and in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district from 1908 until his death. Their ancestors came from the Canary Islands, Spain.
  José Joaquín Estudillo (1800–1852) – second alcalde of Yerba Buena, California (the precursor to San Francisco), and whose land holdings, known as Rancho San Leandro, formed the basis of the city of San Leandro.
  Joachim Octave Fernández (1896–1978) – member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He was a Democrat.
  Fernando Ferrer – Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005
  Bill Flores (1954–) – member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Texas. He is a Republican.
  Bernardo de Gálvez (July 23, 1746 – November 30, 1786) – Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who served as colonial governor of Louisiana and Cuba, and later as Viceroy of New Spain. The US Senate passed, in December 2014, the granting of Honorary citizenship to Bernardo de Galvez, because he aided the American Thirteen 
caption: Bob Martinez, former Governor of Florida
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