David Mercado Valderrama

David Valderrama
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 26th district
In office
January 9, 1991 – January 8, 2003
Preceded byGloria G. Lawlah
Succeeded byVeronica L. Turner
ConstituencyPrince George's County, Maryland
Personal details
Born
David Mercado Valderrama

(1933-02-01) February 1, 1933 (age 91)
Manila, Philippines
Political partyDemocratic
ChildrenKris Valderrama
ResidenceFort Washington, Maryland

David Mercado Valderrama (born February 1, 1933) is a Filipino-American politician from Maryland. He served as a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1991 to 2003[1] and was the first Filipino-American elected to a state legislature on the mainland United States, as well as the first Asian American and first Filipino American elected to the Maryland General Assembly.[2]

  1. ^ "David M. Valderrama, Maryland State Delegate". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives. Archived from the original on December 11, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  2. ^ Yuchengco, Mona Lisa (November 17, 2021). "Living Legends, Part 1". Positively Filipino. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.