title: 1944 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico
text: # 1944 United States House of Representatives election in Puerto Rico
  
  The election for Resident Commissioner to the United States House of Representatives took place on November 7, 1944, the same day as the larger Puerto Rican general election and the United States elections, 1944.
  
  ## Candidates for Resident Commissioner
  
  * Jesús T. Piñero for the Popular Democratic Party
  * Manual Font for the Republican Union
  
  ## Election results
  
  Puerto Rico's At-large congressional district election, 1944 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | PPD | Jesús T. Piñero | 383,317 | 64.73 |
  | | Republican Union | Manual Font | 208,723 | 35.24 |
  | | N/A | | 182 | 0.03 |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 592,222 | 100.00 |
  | | PPD gain from Republican Union | PPD gain from Republican Union | PPD gain from Republican Union | PPD gain from Republican Union |
  