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): Alexi Laiho • Anna Korakaki • Gary Carter • Grigori Kuzmin • Iveta Bartošová • Jan Novák (composer) • John Gavin • Lavinia Valbonesi • Mark Blundell • Michele Mercati • Miller Farr • Raoul Jobin • Roquan Smith • William Joseph Chaminade

Born in the same month (April 1888): Dan Ahearn • Georges Vanier • Gerhard Ritter • Hans Richter (artist) • Herms Niel • John Crowe Ransom • Michael Heidelberger • Thomas C. Kinkaid