Pedro Guevara y Valenzuela, was a Filipino soldier, lawyer, legislator, and Spanish-language writer who became Resident Commissioner of the Philippines during the American occupation.
13 Facts About Pedro Guevara
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Pedro Guevara was born in Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines on February 23,1879, to Miguel Guevara and Maria Valenzuela.
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Pedro Guevara joined the Filipino forces during the Philippine Revolution and assisted in promoting the peace agreement of the Biak na Bato at San Miguel, Bulacan, in 1897.
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Pedro Guevara was the aide and private secretary to General Juan Cailles.
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Later, Pedro Guevara became a journalist for the Spanish-language newspaper Soberania Nacional and Vidas Filipinas.
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Pedro Guevara entered politics as a municipal councilor of San Felipe Neri, Rizal in 1907.
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Pedro Guevara studied law at La Jurisprudencia and became a lawyer in private practice.
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Pedro Guevara later became a member of the Philippine House of Representatives from the 2nd district of La Laguna from 1909 to 1912 and a member of the Philippine Senate from the 4th senatorial district from 1916 to 1923.
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In 1921, Pedro Guevara was chair of the Philippine delegation to the Far Eastern Bar Conference at Beijing, China.
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Pedro Guevara gave up his Senate seat in 1923, less than two years before his second term expired, as he was elected as a Nationalist resident commissioner to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress.
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Pedro Guevara would serve for four three-year terms from March 4,1923, to February 14,1936.
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Pedro Guevara's term ended on February 14,1936, when a successor qualified in accordance with the newly established Commonwealth of the Philippines was selected.
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Pedro Guevara died of a heart attack in Manila on January 19,1938, and was buried at the Manila North Cemetery.