Dionisio "Dennis" Chávez (April 8, 1888 – November 18, 1962) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1935, and in the United States Senate from 1935 to 1962. He was the first Hispanic person elected to a full term in the US Senate and the first U.S. Senator to be born in New Mexico (which was still a U.S. Territory at the time of his birth).
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8 April 1888 Los Chaves, New Mexico Territory
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18 November 1962 (aged 74) Washington D.C., U.S.
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