Bienvenido A. Tan

From The Republic Magazine and Directory (1947), by Miguel Cornejo (p. 67)

Bienvenido A. Tan, Ll.M., D.C.L.
Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Rizal City

Judge Tan was born in Bacolor, Pampanga on March 22, 1891. A product of public and private schools, holder of Ll.B., LL.M., and D.C.L. degrees, who distinguished himself when he passed the bar examinations with a grade of 100% in Criminal Procedure and 98% in Civil Procedure in 1915, and has since been a member of the Philippine Bar, practicing his law profession in the city of Manila, where he was elected City Councilor in 1922 and became President of the Municipal Board of Manila before he quit politics in 1925.

He was president of the Philippine Columbian Association; president of the Pampango Association in Manila; Grand Knight, Manila Council No. 1000; and president, Philippine Welfare League. At pressent he is the treasurer and director of the Philippine Bar Association, and Judge of the Court of First Instance of Rizal at Rizal City (formerly Pasay).

Marriage certificate

He was a member of the Liga Constitucional, which published on 15 November 1939 its side on the proposed amendments to the Philippine Constitution. Members of this group included Arturo Tolentino, ose Topacio, and Sixto Lopez.