death_date nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize preceded term_start image name occupation succeeded predecessor birth_place party office state district successor religion article_title
3 december 2014 united states 21 august 1929 december 31 , 1977 january 3 , 1973 1970 brooklyn law school city college of new york manhattan , new york , united states 200px james h. scheuer jacob h. gilbert january 3 , 1973 january 3 , 1971 1966 herman_badillo . jpg herman badillo lawyer robert garcia jonathan b. bingham joseph f. periconi caguas , puerto rico democratic until the late 1990s ; afterward republican 8th borough president of the bronx new york new york 21st 22nd robert abrams baptist herman badillo

herman badillo

herman badillo -lrb- pronounced bah-dee-yoh ; august 21 , 1929 -- december 3 , 2014 -rrb- was an american politician who served as borough president of the bronx and united states representative , and ran for mayor of new york city .
he was the first puerto rican elected to these posts , and the first puerto rican mayoral candidate in a major city in the continental united states .
