José E. Serrano
José Serrano | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
| In office March 21, 1990 – January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Garcia |
| Succeeded by | Ritchie Torres |
| Constituency | 18th district (1990–1993) 16th district (1993–2013) 15th district (2013–2021) |
| Member of the New York State Assembly | |
| In office January 1, 1975 – March 21, 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Eugenio Alvarez |
| Succeeded by | David Rosado |
| Constituency | 75th district (1975–1982) 73rd district (1983–1990) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Enrique Serrano October 24, 1943 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Children | 5, including José |
| Education | Lehman College (attended) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1964–1966 |
| Unit | 172nd Support Battalion |
José Enrique Serrano (born October 24, 1943) is an American politician who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 until his retirement in 2021. Serrano, a Democrat from New York, represented a district that is one of the smallest in the country geographically, consisting of a few square miles of the heavily populated South Bronx in New York City. His district was also one of the most densely populated and one of the few majority Hispanic districts in the country. The district was numbered the 18th from 1990 to 1993 and the 16th from 1993 to 2013, and the 15th district from 2013 to 2021. He was the longest-serving Hispanic-American in the House. He did not run for re-election in 2020 due to a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, and Ritchie Torres was elected to succeed him.