4th Philippine Legislature
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The 4th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippine Islands under the sovereign control of the United States from October 16, 1916, to March 8, 1919.
Sessions
{{Plainlist|
- First Regular Session: October 16, 1916 – February 8, 1917
- First Special Session: February 12 – 22, 1917
- Second Regular Session: October 16, 1917 – February 8, 1918
- Second Special Session: September 30 – October 2, 1918
- Third Regular Session: October 7, 1918 – February 8, 1919
- Third Special Session: March 1 – 8, 1919
}}
Legislation
The Fourth Philippine Legislature passed a total of 204 laws (Act Nos. 2665 – 2868).Senate Diary, 4th Philippine Legislature (written in Spanish), October 23, 1916, p32. Adams Building, US Library of Congress, from research of Dr. Abraham T. Rasul, Jr, Washington DC
Leadership
=Senate=
=House of Representatives=
- Speaker: Sergio Osmeña (Cebu–2nd, Nacionalista)
- Majority Floor Leader: Rafael Alunan (Negros Occidental–3rd, Nacionalista)
<span class="anchor" id="Members"></span>Members
= Senate =
All elected senators of this Legislature were elected on October 3, 1916 for the following terms, according to their ranking in their senatorial districts:
- For first ranking senators: October 16, 1916 – June 6, 1922
- For second ranking senators: October 16, 1916 – June 3, 1919
Senators of the 12th District were appointed for indefinite terms.
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| District
! width="50px" |Term ending ! width="200px" |Senator ! colspan="2" |Party | |
|---|---|
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |1st District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Vicente|Singson Encarnacion}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | width="100px" |Progresista | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Juan|Villamor}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |2nd District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Pedro Maria|Sison|link=Pedro María Sison}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Aquilino|Calvo}}{{Efn|Appointed as Governor of Mountain Province on February 20, 1917.}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| {{Sortname|Matias|Gonzales}}{{Efn|Elected in a special election on May 5, 1917, succeeding Aquilino Calvo.}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |3rd District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Francisco Tongio|Liongson}}{{Efn|Died on February 20, 1919.}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Isauro|Gabaldon|link=Isauro Gabaldón}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |4th District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Rafael|Palma}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Pedro|Guevara}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |5th District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Manuel L.|Quezon}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Vicente|Ilustre}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |6th District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Leoncio|Imperial}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Mario|Guariña}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |7th District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Jose|Altavas}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Francisco Felipe|Villanueva}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |8th District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Espiridion|Guanco}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Manuel|Lopez|link=Manuel Lopez (politician)}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |9th District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Esteban|Singson}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Jose Maria|Veloso}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |10th District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Filemon|Sotto}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Celestino|Rodriguez}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |11th District
| align="center" |1922 |{{Sortname|Jose|Clarin|link=José Clarín}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |1919
|{{Sortname|Nicolas|Capistrano}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |12th District
| align="center" |– |{{Sortname|Hadji|Butu}}{{Efn|Appointed.|name=appointed}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |–
|{{Sortname|Joaquin|Luna}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
= House of Representatives =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! District ! width="200px" |Representative ! colspan="2" |Party | |
| valign="top" |Abra
| align="center" |Lone{{Efn|Created on March 9, 1917.}} |{{Sortname|Eustaquio|Purugganan|nolink=1}}{{Efn|Redistricted on March 9, 1917 from Ilocos Sur–3rd.}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Albay
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Domingo|Diaz|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | width="100px" |Nacionalista | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Jose O.|Vera|link=José O. Vera}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Tomas|Luna|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Ambos Camarines
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Gonzalo S.|Escalante|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Manuel|Rey|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Sulpicio V.|Cea|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| Antique
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Ramon|Maza|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| valign="top" |Bataan
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Maximino|de los Reyes|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| valign="top" |Batanes
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Juan G.|Castillejos|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Batangas
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Ramon|Diokno|link=Ramón Diokno}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Pablo|Borbon|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Benito|Reyes Katigbak|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Bohol
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Celestino|Gallares|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Macario|Lumain|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Filomeno Orbeta|Caseñas}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Bulacan
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Mariano|Escueta|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="darkred"| |Liga Popular | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Ricardo Gonzales|Lloret|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Cagayan
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Vicente T.|Fernandez|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Miguel Concepcion|Nava|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Capiz
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Antonio|Belo|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Leopoldo Mobo|Alba|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Leonardo|Festin|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| valign="top" |Cavite
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Emiliano|Tria Tirona|link=Emiliano Tría Tirona}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Democrata Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="7" valign="top" |Cebu
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Jose|Hernaez|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Sergio|Osmeña}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Vicente|Urgello}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |4th
|{{Sortname|Alejandro|Ruiz|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |5th
|{{Sortname|Mariano Jesus|Cuenco|link=Mariano Jesús Cuenco}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |6th
|{{Sortname|Miguel|Raffiñan|link=Miguel Raffiñan}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |7th
|{{Sortname|Tomas N.|Alonso|link=Tomás N. Alonso}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Ilocos Norte
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Vicente T.|Llanes|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Melchor|Flor|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Ilocos Sur
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Alberto|Reyes|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Ponciano|Morales|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd{{Efn|Dissolved on March 9, 1917.}}
|{{Sortname|Eustaquio|Purugganan|nolink=1}}{{Efn|Redistricted on March 9, 1917 to Abra.}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |Iloilo
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Jose Maria|Arroyo|link=José María Arroyo}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Cresenciano|Lozano|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Nicanor|Gregorius|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |4th
|{{Sortname|Tiburcio|Lutero|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |5th
|{{Sortname|Juan|de Leon|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| valign="top" |Isabela
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Mauro|Verzosa|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |La Laguna
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Feliciano|Gomez|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
| {{Sortname|Crisanto M.|Guysayko|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |La Union
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Juan T.|Lucero|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Valerio M.|Fontanilla|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | |
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |Leyte
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Manuel|Veloso|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Dalmacio|Costas|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Segundo|Apostol|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |4th
|{{Sortname|Ruperto|Kapunan|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Manila
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Antonio|Montenegro|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Democrata Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Luciano|de la Rosa|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Democrata Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |Mindanao and Sulu
| rowspan="5" align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Rafael|Acuña|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
| {{Sortname|Datu|Benito|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | |
| {{Sortname|Pablo|Lorenzo|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
| {{Sortname|Teodoro|Palma Gil|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
| {{Sortname|Datu|Piang|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | |
| valign="top" |Mindoro
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Mariano P.|Leuterio|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Misamis
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Gregorio|Borromeo|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Ramon|Neri}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Mountain Province
| rowspan="3" align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Rafael|Bulayungan|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
| {{Sortname|Juan|Cariño|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
| {{Sortname|Valentin|Manglapus|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Negros Occidental
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Lope B.|Severino|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Rafael R.|Alunan|link=Rafael Alunan Sr.}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Gil|Montilla}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Negros Oriental
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Restituto|Villegas|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Felipe|Tayko|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| valign="top" |Nueva Ecija
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Isidro|Gonzales|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| valign="top" |Nueva Vizcaya
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Wenceslao|Valera|nolink=1}}{{Efn | name=appointed}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
| valign="top" |Palawan
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Manuel|Sandoval|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Pampanga
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Eduardo|Gutierrez David|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Pedro Abad|Santos}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |Pangasinan
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Modesto|Sison|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Aquilino|Banaag|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Teodoro I.|Gomez|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |4th
|{{Sortname|Alejandro|de Guzman|link=Alejandro de Guzmán}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |5th
|{{Sortname|Bernabe|de Guzman|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Rizal
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Arcadio|Santos|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Eugenio|Santos|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Progresista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |Samar
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Pedro K.|Mendiola|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Pastor|Salazar}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |3rd
|{{Sortname|Jose|Lugay Raquel|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Sorsogon
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Manuel|Escudero|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Amancio|Aguilar|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| valign="top" |Surigao
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Eusebio|Tiongko|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Tarlac
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Luis|Morales|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Cayetano|Rivera|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" | | |
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |Tayabas
| align="center" |1st |{{Sortname|Alfonso M.|Recto|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| align="center" |2nd
|{{Sortname|Gregorio|Nieva|nolink=1}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | | |
| valign="top" |Zambales
| align="center" |Lone |{{Sortname|Guillermo|Pablo}} | bgcolor="{{party color|Nacionalista Party}}" | |
See also
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{cite web
|url=http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senlist.htm
|title=List of Senators
|access-date=September 16, 2006
|publisher=Senate of the Philippines
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914045431/http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senlist.htm
|archive-date=September 14, 2006
|url-status=dead
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.lawphil.net
| title = The LAWPHiL Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank
| access-date = September 16, 2006
| publisher = Arellano Law Foundation
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060901234512/http://www.lawphil.net/| archive-date= September 1, 2006 | url-status= live}}
Further reading
- Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
- {{cite book
| title = The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines
| year = 2000
| isbn = 971-8832-24-6
| last1 = Paras
| first1 = Corazon L.
}}
- {{cite book
| last = Pobre
| first = Cesar P.
| title = Philippine Legislature 100 Years
| year = 2000
| isbn = 971-92245-0-9
}}
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