That year, Resident Commissioner Santiago Iglesias Pantín died, prompting Senator Bolívar Pagán to take his place in Washington, DC.
In the Puerto Rican 1940 general elections, Padrón was reelected as Senator, but he didn't remain as president pro tempore.
In the “About Us” section of the school's website, it is written “ Don Lino Padrón Rivera was born on September 23, 1892 in the city of Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
He was a cartographer, reader of Tobacco workshops; and with the trade of cigar maker with number 481 of the Central Workers Union of Bayamón.
He fought against the exploitation of the poor, to the point that he was imprisoned, later pardoned by the then governor of Puerto Rico, Montgomery Riley (known as Moncho Reyes).