Pedro Guevara
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Pedro Guevara y Valenzuela (February 23, 1879 – January 19, 1938), was a Filipino soldier, lawyer, legislator, and Spanish writer who became Resident Commissioner of the Philippines during the American colonial period.
Early life[edit]
Pedro Guevara was born in Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines on February 23, 1879 to Miguel Guevara and María Valenzuela.
Education[edit]
Guevara attended Ateneo Municipal de Manila and graduated from Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Manila in 1896.
Philippine Revolution[edit]
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. He later rejoined the Filipino forces during the revolution, and also served throughout the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was the aide and private secretary to General Juan Cailles.
Political career[edit]
Later, Guevara became a journalist for the Spanish language newspaper Soberania Nacional and Vidas Filipinas. He was a municipal councilor of San Felipe Neri, Rizal in 1907. He studied law at La Jurisprudencia and became a lawyer in private practice. His political life started when he became a member of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1909 to 1912 and a member of the Philippine Senate from 1916 to 1922. In 1921, Guevara was chair of the Philippine delegation to the Far Eastern Bar Conference at Beijing, China. He later was elected as a Nationalist resident commissioner to the House of Representatives of the Sixty-eighth United States Congress for a three-year term and four succeeding three-year terms (March 4, 1923 – February 14, 1936). During this time, Guevara worked tirelessly for the approval of the Tydings–McDuffie Act, which would establish the Commonwealth of the Philippines and eventually its independence in 10 years. Later, he served as delegate of Laguna during the Constitutional Convention of 1934 which framed the 1935 Philippine Constitution. His term ended on February 14, 1936, when a successor qualified in accordance with the newly established Commonwealth of the Philippines was selected.
Death[edit]
Upon retirement, Guevara resumed his law practice. He died of a heart attack in Manila on January 19, 1938, and was buried at the Manila North Cemetery. In 1993, his remains were moved to Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina.
Gallery[edit]
Guevara (left) with J.E. Espinosa (right) in the U.S.
Guevara (left) in 1923
See also[edit]
- Laguna State Polytechnic University
- List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress
External links[edit]
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- United States Congress. "Pedro Guevara (id: G000518)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1879 births
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- Ateneo de Manila University alumni
- Burials at the Manila North Cemetery
- Colegio de San Juan de Letran alumni
- Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Laguna (province)
- Members of the United States Congress of Filipino descent
- Metro Manila city and municipal councilors
- Nacionalista Party politicians
- People of the Philippine Revolution
- People of the Philippine–American War
- People from Laguna (province)
- Filipino lawyers
- People from Mandaluyong
- People from Manila
- Resident Commissioners of the Philippines
- Senators of the 4th Philippine Legislature
- Senators of the 5th Philippine Legislature
- Members of the Philippine Legislature
- Spanish-language writers of the Philippines