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((short description|American politician))
((For|the airport of the same name|Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport))

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((Infobox officeholder
|name         = Antonio Won Pat
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|office       = Delegate to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Guam]]'s [[Guam's at-large congressional district|at-large]] district
|term_start   = January 3, 1973
|term_end     = January 3, 1985
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|birth_date   = ((birth date|1908|12|10))
|birth_place  = [[Sumay, Guam|Sumay]], [[Guam]], U.S. (now [[Sånta Rita-Sumai, Guam|Sånta Rita-Sumai]])
|death_date   = ((death date and age|1987|5|1|1908|12|10))
|death_place  = [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]], [[Maryland]], U.S.
|party        = [[Popular Party (Guam)|Popular]] ((small|(Before 1961)))<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ((small|(1961–1987)))
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'''Antonio Borja Won Pat''' (December 10, 1908 – May 1, 1987) was a [[Guam]]anian politician and member of the [[Democratic Party of Guam]]. He served as the first [[Delegate (United States Congress)|Delegate]] from [[Guam]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1973 to 1985.

==Early life==
Won Pat was born in Sumay (now [[Santa Rita, Guam|Santa Rita]]), Guam to his father Ignacio Won Pat, an immigrant from [[Qing China|China]], and his mother Maria Soriano Borja. He had two brothers and one sister, Francisco Won Pat, Vicente Won Pat and Eulalia Won Pat.

==Political career==
Won Pat completed his primary education at the Normal School in [[Hagåtña, Guam|Hagåtña]]. He then became a teacher and after teaching for eight years ((Citation needed|date=September 2011)), Won Pat was nominated to the advisory Guam Congress in 1936. Prior to the signing of the Organic Act in 1950 which provided for [[US citizenship]] and limited self-government, Guam's citizens were under complete US Navy rule. The pre-Organic Act Guam Congress sat only as an advisory body to the naval governor. It consisted of two houses – the House of Council and the House of Assembly. Its members were elected by the people of their districts.

Following [[World War II]], Won Pat began to attain influence on the island forming the Guam Commercial Corporation in 1946. Supported by the naval government, he prioritized economic self-sufficiency before achieving citizenship. GCC played a role in the post-war economic boom, but ultimately went bankrupt in 1954. By this time, Won Pat was entrenched in the House of Assembly beginning in 1948 becoming speaker of the [[Guam Legislature]] in 1951.

After World War II, the drive for American citizenship gained momentum from the [[Chamorro people|Chamorros]]’ loyalty to the United States during the [[Japanese occupation of Guam]]. After attaining the role of speaker in the Guam Congress, Won Pat along with naval Governor [[Carlton Skinner]] and [[Francisco B. Leon Guerrero]], began work on what would become the Guam Organic Act. Gaining approval in [[Washington D.C.]], the act gave the people of Guam American citizenship and the right to establish a civil government.

==Guam Delegate (1965–1985)==
[[File:CAC CC 001 18 26 0000 2592.jpg|thumb|[[Gillis William Long]], [[Carl Albert]], [[John W. McCormack]], and Tony Won Pat standing together at Albert's birthday, 1976.]]
Guam took another step toward self-representation under Won Pat in 1964 when I Mina’ Siete na Liheslaturan Guåhan/the 7th Guam Legislature created Guam's Washington Office as an elected position. Won Pat lobbied for the post and won it. While in office Won Pat spread awareness to the other state representatives about Guam and the political situation it was in, and increased federal support following his effective lobbying.

In his post in Washington, D.C., Won Pat continued the battle to gain representation in Congress and in the process gained many allies. These allies included [[California's 5th congressional district|California Congressman]] [[Phillip Burton|Philip Burton]], a member of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee. Burton used his influence to gain the support of committee chairman [[Wayne Aspinall]] and twenty co-sponsors. Public Law 92-271 was passed on 10 April 1972. The groundbreaking bill gave Guam and the Virgin Islands representation in [[Delegate (United States Congress)|Congress]] for two-year terms. Elected officials could now speak on the House floor and introduce new legislation though they could not vote on the floor. On 3 January 1973, Won Pat became the first resident of Guam to take the oath of office as a member of the 93rd Congress.

While Won Pat was Guam's delegate to the US Congress his efforts weren't limited to his constituents on Guam. During his tenure as delegate to the U.S. Congress, he was instrumental in helping what are now the Commonwealth of the [[Northern Mariana Islands]]; the [[Federated States of Micronesia]], comprising the island states of [[Kosrae]], [[Pohnpei]], [[Chuuk State|Chuuk]], and [[Yap]]; the [[Republic of the Marshall Islands]] and the [[Republic of Palau]] achieved more political self governance through the dismantling of the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]].

Shortly after [[World War II]], the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, not including Guam, was created and administered by the United States. In the 1970s work began to dissolve the Trust Territory as the districts voted to end their trustee status. The last district to gain political independence was Palau in 1994. The Northern Mariana Islands is now a [[US Commonwealth]] and its people US citizens. The Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau negotiated Compacts of Free Association with the United States. Consequently, Guam's northern neighbors, all much more recent members of the [[American people|American]] family, have the right to determine issues on a local level, including issues such as minimum wage and immigration, whereas the residents of Guam do not. He served six terms, until he was defeated for re-election in 1984 by Republican [[Vicente T. Blaz|Ben Blaz]].

==Personal life==
Won Pat was married to Ana Salas Perez (1912–1995) in 1932 and they had eight children: Aveline Ploke, Marilyn (1934–1990), Jacqueline Won Pat, Ellen Chargualaf, Anthony Won Pat, Rosalind Fleet, Mark Won Pat, and [[Judith Won Pat]], who is the former [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Legislature of Guam]] (2008–2017).<ref name=pdn>((cite news|first=Steve|last=Limtiaco|title=Candidate Profile: Judith T. Won Pat|url=http://www.guampdn.com/guampublishing/special-sections/election_06/profiles_wonpat.html|work=[[Pacific Daily News]]|year=2006|access-date=2011-03-19))((Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref>

==Retirement and death==
After his 1984 electoral defeat, Won Pat retired to [[Sinajana]], Guam. He died in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]], on May 1, 1987, of a [[heart attack]]. He is interred in the Veterans Cemetery, [[Piti, Guam]].

==Honors==
In January 1989, the Guam International Air Terminal was officially named as [[Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport]] in his honor.

==See also==
*[[List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
((CongBio|W000686))
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/03/obituaries/antonio-won-pat-73-dies-guam-delegate-to-congress.html NYTimes obituary]
* ((Find a Grave|21434105))
* [http://guampedia.com/congressman-antonio-b-won-pat/ Congressman Antonio B. Won Pat Biography] at Guampedia, Guam's Online Encyclopedia

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