[2] When he got involved in politics, he began as a follower of Antonio R. Barcelo, but it did not take long for him to become its standard bearer in Mayagüez.
[2] He won again in the 1924 elections, being nominated by the newly established "Alianza Puertoriqueña" Party, winning over the Coalitión candidate Rafael Marange by over 4,000 votes.
[2] He again won in the 1928 elections, also being nominated by the Aliancista Party, winning over Coalitión candidate Alfonso González by only 425 votes.
[2] He also built the new Mayagüez City Hall under the direction of the engineers/architects Adriano González Martínez, Alonso Aguilar and Ignacio Flores.
[2][3] Under his terms as mayor, other projects were also built, such as the Luis Muñoz Rivera Park, he converted the old municipal jail into the Muñoz Rivera School, which now serves as the Hostos School of Law, he rebuilt the historic San Antonio Hospital, and he also rebuilt the Mariano Riera Palmer School which had been mostly destroyed by the earthquake of 1918.