Alejandro de Guzmán
Alejandro de Guzmán y Floirendo was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He was also a senator from the Second Senatorial District of the Philippines from 1929 to 1931. He represented the fourth district of Pangasinan at the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1916 to 1919. He later represented the second district of the same province at the same house from 1919 to 1922.
Early life and education
Alejandro de Guzman was born on February 24, 1889, in Bauang, La Union to Pelayo de Guzman and Graciana Floirendo. He completed a bachelor's degree in law from the University of the Philippines in 1913. On October 17 of the same year, he passed the entrance exam of the Philippine Bar.Political career
In 1916, De Guzman was elected to the Philippine House of Representatives on behalf of Pangasinan's 4th district, serving until 1919. After Camilo Osias was elected Resident Commissioner to the United States in 1929, De Guzman was elected to the Senate of the Philippines in special elections representing the [Philippines's Philippines's 2nd senatorial district|2nd senatorial district|2nd] district for the remainder of his term until 1931. In 1934, De Guzman was elected as a delegate from La Union's 2nd District to the Constitutional Convention which drafted the 1935 Philippine Constitution.In addition to his political career, de Guzman served on the board of trustees of the University of the Philippines from 1915 to 1917 and from 1929 to 1931. He was also active as a businessman and worked as a lawyer.