2nd Congress of the Philippines

The 2nd Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from December 30, 1949, until December 8, 1953, during the second term of President Elpidio Quirino.

2nd Congress of the Philippines
← 1st 3rd →
Overview
Term	December 30, 1949 – December 8, 1953
President	Elpidio Quirino
Vice President	Fernando Lopez
Senate
Members	24
President	Mariano Jesus Cuenco (until March 5, 1952) Quintin Paredes (March 5 – April 17, 1952) Camilo Osias (April 17–30, 1952) Eulogio Rodriguez (April 30, 1952 – April 17, 1953) Camilo Osias (April 17– May 20, 1953) Jose Zulueta (May 20 – November 30, 1953) Eulogio Rodriguez (from November 30, 1953)
President pro tempore	Quintin Paredes (until March 5, 1952) Esteban Abada (March 5 – May 7, 1952) Manuel Briones (May 7, 1952 – April 17, 1953) Jose Zulueta (April 17–30, 1953) Manuel Briones (from April 30, 1953)
Majority leader	Tomas Cabili
Minority leader	Carlos P. Garcia
House of Representatives
Members	100
Speaker	Eugenio Perez
Speaker pro tempore	Domingo Veloso
Majority leader	Raul T. Leuterio
Minority leader	Jose Laurel Jr.

Sessions

• First Special Session: December 30, 1949 – January 5, 1950
• First Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1950
• Second Special Session: August 1–25, 1950
• Third Special Session: December 4, 1950 – January 6, 1951
• Fourth Special Session: January 8–19, 1951
• Second Regular Session: January 22 – May 17, 1951
• Fifth Special Session: May 21–29, 1951
• Third Regular Session: January 28 – May 22, 1952
• Sixth Special Session: June 23 – July 15, 1952
• Seventh Special Session: November 4–8, 1952
• Fourth Regular Session: January 26, 1953 – May 21, 1953
• Joint Session: December 8, 1953

Legislation

The Second Congress passed a total of 551 laws.

Leadership

Composition of the Senate during the 3rd Congress' 1st and 2nd (left), and 3rd & 4th (right) sessions.

Composition of the House of Representatives during the 2nd Congress.

Senate

• President:
  • Mariano Jesus Cuenco (Liberal), until March 5, 1952
  • Quintin Paredes (Liberal), March 5 – April 17, 1952
  • Camilo Osias (Nacionalista), April 17–30, 1952
  • Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), April 30, 1952 – April 17, 1953
  • Camilo Osias (Nacionalista), April 17 – May 20. 1953
  • Jose Zulueta (Nacionalista), May 20 – November 30, 1953
  • Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), from November 30, 1953
• President pro tempore:
  • Quintin Paredes (Liberal), until March 5, 1952
  • Esteban Abada (Liberal), March 5 – May 7, 1952
  • Manuel Briones (Liberal), May 7, 1952 – April 17, 1953
  • Jose Zulueta (Nacionalista), April 17–30, 1953
  • Manuel Briones (Liberal), from April 30, 1953
• Majority Floor Leader: Tomas Cabili (Liberal)
• Minority Floor Leader: Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Eugenio Perez (Pangasinan–2nd, Liberal)
• Speaker pro tempore: Domingo Veloso (Leyte–2nd, Liberal)
• Majority Floor Leader: Raul T. Leuterio (Oriental Mindoro^[a], Liberal)
• Minority Floor Leader: Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista)

Members

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

• For senators elected on April 23, 1946: May 25, 1946 – December 30, 1951
• For senators elected on November 11, 1947: December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1953
• For senators elected on November 8, 1949: December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1955
• For senators elected on November 13, 1951: December 30, 1951 – December 30, 1957

Senator	Party		Term ending
Esteban Abada		Liberal	1955
Pablo Angeles David		Liberal	1953
Melecio Arranz		Liberal	1951
Jose Avelino		Liberal	1951
Manuel Briones		Nacionalista	1957
Tomas Cabili		Nacionalista	1955
Tomas V. Confesor[b]		Nacionalista	1951
Mariano Jesus Cuenco		Liberal	1951
Teodoro de Vera[c]		Liberal	1955
Francisco Afan Delgado		Nacionalista	1957
Vicente Francisco		Liberal	1951
Carlos P. Garcia[d]		Nacionalista	1951, 1957
Jose P. Laurel		Nacionalista	1957
Jose Locsin		Liberal	1957
Vicente Madrigal		Liberal	1953
Enrique Magalona		Liberal	1955
Justiniano Montano		Liberal	1955
Camilo Osias		Nacionalista	1953
Quintin Paredes		Liberal	1955
Geronima Pecson		Liberal	1953
Macario Peralta Jr.		Liberal	1955
Cipriano Primicias Sr.		Nacionalista	1957
Gil Puyat		Liberal	1957
Claro M. Recto[e]		Nacionalista	1955
Eulogio Rodriguez		Nacionalista	1953
Vicente Sotto[f]		Popular Front	1951
Lorenzo Sumulong		Liberal	1955
Lorenzo Tañada		Liberal	1953
Emiliano Tria Tirona[g]		Liberal	1953
Ramon Torres		Liberal	1951
Felixberto Verano[h]		Nacionalista	1953
Jose Zulueta		Nacionalista	1957

House of Representatives

Seal of the House of Representatives (1950)

House seats by province in the 2nd Congress.

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Virgilio Valera		Liberal
Agusan	Lone	Marcos M. Calo		Liberal
Albay	1st	Lorenzo P. Ziga		Liberal
	2nd	Justino Nuyda		Nacionalista
	3rd	Pio Duran		Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Tobias Fornier		Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Medina Lacson de Leon		Nacionalista
Batanes	Lone	Jorge A. Abad		Independent
Batangas	1st	Apolinario R. Apacible		Nacionalista
	2nd	Numeriano U. Babao		Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose Laurel Jr.		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Luis T. Clarin		Liberal
	2nd	Simeon G. Toribio		Liberal
	3rd	Esteban Bernido		Nacionalista
Bukidnon	Lone	Cesar M. Fortich		Liberal
Bulacan	1st	Florante C. Roque[i]		Liberal
		Erasmo Cruz[j]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Alejo Santos		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Domingo S. Siazon		Nacionalista
	2nd	Paulino A. Alonzo		Liberal
Camarines Norte	Lone	Esmeraldo Eco		Liberal
Camarines Sur	1st	Emilio M. Tible		Nacionalista
	2nd	Edmundo B. Cea		Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Ramon A. Arnaldo		Liberal
	2nd	Cornelio Villareal		Liberal
	3rd	Godofredo P. Ramos		Nacionalista
Catanduanes	Lone	Severiano P. de Leon		Liberal
Cavite	Lone	Manuel S. Rojas		Liberal
Cebu	1st	Ramon M. Durano		Liberal
	2nd	Leandro Tojong[k]		Liberal
		Vicente Logarta[l]		Nacionalista
	3rd	Primitivo Sato[m]		Liberal
		Maximino Noel[n]		Nacionalista
	4th	Filomeno C. Kintanar		Liberal
	5th	Miguel Cuenco		Nacionalista
	6th	Manuel A. Zosa		Nacionalista
	7th	Nicolas Escario		Liberal
Cotabato	Lone	Datu Blah T. Sinsuat		Nacionalista
Davao	Lone	Ismael L. Veloso		Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte	1st	Antonio Raquiza		Liberal
	2nd	Ferdinand Marcos		Liberal
Ilocos Sur	1st	Floro Crisologo		Liberal
	2nd	Ricardo Gacula		Liberal
Iloilo	1st	Jose Zulueta[o]		Liberal
	2nd	Pascual Espinosa		Liberal
	3rd	Patricio V. Confesor		Nacionalista
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido		Nacionalista
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer		Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Samuel Formoso Reyes		Liberal
La Union	1st	Miguel Rilloraza Jr.		Nacionalista
	2nd	Manuel T. Cases		Liberal
Laguna	1st	Manuel Concordia		Liberal
	2nd	Juan A. Baes[p]		Nacionalista
		Estanislao Fernandez[q]		Liberal
Lanao	Lone	Mohammad Ali Dimaporo		Liberal
Leyte	1st	Mateo Canonoy		Nacionalista
	2nd	Domingo Veloso		Liberal
	3rd	Francisco M. Pajao		Liberal
	4th	Daniel Romualdez		Nacionalista
	5th	Atilano R. Cinco		Liberal
Manila	1st	Engracio Clemeña		Nacionalista
	2nd	Arsenio Lacson		Nacionalista
	3rd	Arturo Tolentino		Nacionalista
	4th	Hermenegildo Atienza[r]		Liberal
		Gavino Viola Fernando[s]		Nacionalista
Marinduque	Lone	Panfilo M. Manguera		Nacionalista
Masbate	Lone	Emilio B. Espinosa		Liberal
Mindoro	Lone[t]	Raul T. Leuterio[u]		Liberal
Misamis Occidental	Lone	Porfirio G. Villarin		Liberal
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Emmanuel Pelaez		Liberal
Mountain Province	1st	Antonio Canao		Liberal
	2nd	Dennis Molintas[v]		Liberal
		Ramon P. Mitra[w]		Nacionalista
	3rd	Gabriel Dunuan		Liberal
Negros Occidental	1st	Francisco Ferrer		Liberal
	2nd	Carlos Hilado		Liberal
	3rd	Augurio Abeto[x]		Liberal
Negros Oriental	1st	Pedro A. Bandoquillo		Liberal
	2nd	Enrique Medina		Liberal
Nueva Ecija	1st	Jose O. Corpus		Liberal
	2nd	Jesus Ilagan		Liberal
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leon Cabarroguis		Liberal
Occidental Mindoro	Lone[y]	Jesus V. Abeleda[z]		Nacionalista
Oriental Mindoro	Lone[aa]	Raul T. Leuterio[ab]		Liberal
Palawan	Lone	Gaudencio E. Abordo[ac]		Nacionalista
		Sofronio Española[ad]		Liberal
Pampanga	1st	Diosdado Macapagal		Liberal
	2nd	Artemio Macalino		Liberal
Pangasinan	1st	Sulpicio R. Soriano		Liberal
	2nd	Eugenio Perez		Liberal
	3rd	Jose L. de Guzman		Liberal
	4th	Amadeo J. Perez		Liberal
	5th	Cipriano S. Allas		Liberal
Quezon	1st	Narciso H. Umali		Nacionalista
	2nd	Gaudencio V. Vera		Liberal
Rizal	1st	Eulogio Rodriguez Jr.		Nacionalista
	2nd	Emilio de la Paz[ae]		Nacionalista
		Isaias R. Salonga[af]		Nacionalista
Romblon	Lone	Florencio Moreno		Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Agripino Escareal		Liberal
	2nd	Tito V. Tizon		Liberal
	3rd	Gregorio B. Abogado		Liberal
Sorsogon	1st	Modesto Galias		Liberal
	2nd	Tomas Clemente		Liberal
Sulu	Lone	Gulamu Rasul[ag]		Nacionalista
		Ombra Amilbangsa[ah]		Liberal
Surigao	Lone	Felixberto Verano[ai]		Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Jose Roy		Liberal
	2nd	Jose Y. Feliciano		Liberal
Zambales	Lone	Ramon Magsaysay[aj]		Liberal
		Cesar Miraflor[ak]		Liberal
Zamboanga	Lone	Roseller T. Lim		Nacionalista

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1949 Philippine general election
• 1951 Philippine general election

Notes

1. Raul T. Leuterio represented Mindoro's lone district until January 28, 1952.
2. Tomas V. Confesor died on June 6, 1951.
3. Teodoro de Vera was removed by the Senate Electoral Tribunal on April 3, 1952, after an electoral protest.
4. Carlos P. Garcia resigned on December 30, 1953, upon taking office as Vice President of the Philippines.
5. Claro M. Recto replaced Teodoro de Vera on April 3, 1952, after winning an electoral protest.
6. Vicente Sotto died on May 28, 1950.
7. Emiliano Tria Tirona died on April 8, 1952.
8. Felixberto Verano was elected on November 13, 1951, to succeed Fernando Lopez, who took office as Vice President of the Philippines on December 30, 1949. He took office on December 30, 1951.
9. Florante C. Roque was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on May 4, 1953 after an electoral protest.
10. Erasmo Cruz replaced Florante C. Roque on May 4, 1953, after an electoral protest.
11. Leandro Tojong was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on December 6, 1952, after an electoral protest.
12. Vicente Logarta replaced Leandro Tojong on December 6, 1952, after winning an electoral protest.
13. Primitivo Sato was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on November 22, 1952, after an electoral protest.
14. Maximino Noel replaced Primitivo Sato on November 22, 1952, after winning an electoral protest.
15. Jose Zulueta took office as Senator of the Philippines on December 30, 1951.
16. Juan A. Baes was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on December 27, 1951, after an electoral protest.
17. Estanislao Fernandez replaced Juan A. Baes on December 27, 1951, after winning an electoral protest.
18. Hermenegildo Atienza was removed on February 26, 1952, after an electoral protest.
19. Gavino Viola Fernando replaced Hermenegildo Atienza on February 26, 1952, after winning an electoral protest.
20. Mindoro was divided into Occidental Mindoro's lone district and Oriental Mindoro's lone district on June 14, 1950.
21. Raul T. Leuterio was redistricted to Oriental Mindoro's lone district on January 28, 1952.
22. Removed on September 25, 1951 after an electoral protest.
23. Won an electoral protest on September 25, 1951, replacing Dennis Molintas.
24. Removed on March 6, 1953.
25. Occidental Mindoro's lone district was created from Mindoro's lone district on June 14, 1950.
26. Jesus V. Abeleda was elected on November 13, 1951.
27. Oriental Mindoro's lone district was created from Mindoro's lone district on June 14, 1950.
28. Raul T. Leuterio was redistricted from Mindoro's lone district on January 28, 1952.
29. Gaudencio E. Abordo was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on April 6, 1953, after an electoral protest.
30. Sofronio Española replaced Gaudencio E. Abordo on April 6, 1953, after winning an electoral protest.
31. Emilio de la Paz died on August 30, 1951.
32. Isaias R. Salonga was elected on November 13, 1951, to succeed Emilio de la Paz.
33. Gulamu Rasul was removed by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal on May 5, 1951, after an electoral protest.
34. Ombra Amilbangsa replaced Gulamu Rasul on May 5, 1951, after winning an electoral protest.
35. Felixberto Verano took office as Senator of the Philippines on December 30, 1951.
36. Ramon Magsaysay was appointed Secretary of National Defense on September 1, 1950.
37. Cesar Miraflor was elected on November 13, 1951, to succeed Ramon Magsaysay.

External links

• "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
• "The LAWPHiL Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• Paras, Corazon L. (2000). The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
• Pobre, Cesar P. (2000). Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.