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A quiet-spoken, U.S.-trained civil engineer who drifted into politics in the late 1930s, Sánchez lacks Muñoz' charisma. But he is smart and dedicated, a man of "illustrious conscience," as Muñoz likes to put it, with a long record of success: boss of the island's transit system, mayor of San Juan, president of the senate, and since 1952, Muñoz' Vice Governor and key lieutenant. In the November elections, Puerto Ricans gave him 59.6% of the vote, which comes close to Muñoz' biggest margin. "Puerto Rico," said Sánchez in his inaugural address, "is leaving an era of the great patriots and is entering the era of the people. It must be the people themselves who run the government now."