Dennis Chávez
Dionisio "Dennis" Chávez 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 to be elected to a full term in the US Senate and the first US Senator to be born in New Mexico, which was still a US territory at the time of his birth.
8 April 1888
Born on the same birth day (8 April): Adrian Boult • Fred Ebb • Julian Lennon • Manolis Angelopoulos • Michael Benton • Pancha Carrasco • Peter I of Portugal • Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco • Seth Tobias
Born in the same month (April 1888): Billy Minter • Cecil Kimber • Dan Ahearn • Florence La Badie • Georges Vanier • Hans Richter (artist) • Herms Niel • Michael Heidelberger • Neville Cardus • Pe Maung Tin • Sol Hurok • Thomas C. Kinkaid • Tris Speaker • Zdzisław Żygulski (literary historian)