Early Political Career
Alfeo Brum was elected as Representative from the department of Artigas, and represented Artigas for three terms: 1923-1926, 1926–1929, and 1929-1932.
On March 1, 1933, he became a Senator. On March 31, President Gabriel Terra dissolved the parliament. Former President Baltasar Brum resisted Terra's coup, but when he noticed the indifference of the Uruguayan populace to the coup, he committed suicide on that very same day. His brother Alfeo was with him at the time he committed suicide, and from that moment on he was considered an opponent and an outlaw to Terra's regime. The Brum brothers were followers of the orthodox "Batllismo" faction within the Colorado Party (at the time, the followers of the ideals of President José Batlle y Ordoñez). He was imprisoned at Isla de las Ratas, and later was exiled.
He was once again elected a Senator in the November 1946 elections, for the 1947-1951 period.
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