Tulio Larrínaga (January 15, 1847 – April 28, 1917) was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.

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Born in

Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico Trujillo Alto () is a Trujillo Alto barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico. Located on the northeastern coastal plain on the boundary between the Northern Karst Belt and Sierra de Luquillo, it is north ...

, Larrínaga attended the Seminario Consiliar of San Ildefonso at

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...

. He studied

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at the

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, and, in 1871, graduated from the

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. Larrínaga practiced his profession in the United States for some time, returning to Puerto Rico in 1872 where he was appointed architect for the city of San Juan. In 1880, Larrínaga built the first railroad in Puerto Rico and introduced American rolling stock onto the island. For ten years he was the chief engineer of the Provincial Works. Larrínaga's involvement in politics began in 1898, when he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior in the

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government. Two years later, he was sent by his party as a delegate to

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Larrínaga served as member of the house of delegates for the district of Arecibo in 1902. In 1904, he was elected as a Unionist

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to the United States. He was reelected twice, serving from March 4, 1905, until March 3, 1911. Larrínaga also served as delegate from the United States to the Third

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held in

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in 1906. In 1911, he served as a member of the executive council of Puerto Rico. Following his political career, Larrínaga resumed the practice of civil engineering in San Juan. He died there on April 28, 1917, and was interred at Cementerio Municipal de Mayagüez in

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez (, ) is the ninth-largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Township of Virgin of Candelaria, Our Lady of Candelaria), and is also ...

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