Rubén Hinojosa Rubén Hinojosa Rubén Eloy Hinojosa (born August 20, 1940) is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Seguin (east of San Antonio), to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region is rural although Hidalgo County is part of the third-fastest-growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. Hinojosa served on the House Financial Services and Education committees. Hinojosa was born in Edcouch, Texas. The eighth of eleven children, Hinojosa was reared in Hidalgo County, which borders on Mexico, and earned two business degrees,
Pedro Hinojosa the Apache and Comanche tribes, who maintained determined against the government. In 1848, during the Mexican–American War, Hinojosa rose through the ranks and became a lieutenant. He continued to defend Tamaulipas through its national guard until 1854, the year he was elected as a lieutenant colonel due to his efforts in protecting local territories from the Texan military and the native tribes. In 1854, Hinojosa adhered to the Plan of Ayutla against Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna joining the national guard of Tamaulipas, and having ascended to the position of colonel in the triumph of the revolution, became a permanent