3rd Congress of the Philippines

The 3rd Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikatlong Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 25, 1954, until December 10, 1957, during the 39-month presidency of Ramon Magsaysay and the first nine months of Carlos P. García's presidency.

3rd Congress of the Philippines
← 2nd 4th →
Overview
Term	January 25, 1954 – December 10, 1957
President	Ramon Magsaysay (until March 17, 1957) Carlos P. Garcia (from March 18, 1957)
Vice President	Carlos P. Garcia (until March 18, 1957)
Senate
Members	24
President	Eulogio Rodriguez
President pro tempore	Manuel Briones
Majority leader	Cipriano Primicias Sr.
Minority leader	Lorenzo Tañada
House of Representatives
Members	102
Speaker	Jose Laurel Jr.
Speaker pro tempore	Daniel Romualdez
Majority leader	Arturo Tolentino
Minority leader	Eugenio Perez

Sessions

• First Regular Session: January 25 – May 20, 1954
• First Special Session: July 19 – August 3, 1954
• Second Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1955
• Second Special Session: July 7 – August 10, 1955
• Third Regular Session: January 23 – May 17, 1956
• Third Special Session: June 21 – July 25, 1956
• Fourth Regular Session: January 28, 1957 – May 23, 1957
• Joint Session: December 10, 1957

Legislation

The Third Congress passed a total of 1,077 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 973 – 2049)

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 3rd Congress.

Senate

• President: Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista)
• President pro tempore: Manuel Briones (Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Cipriano Primicias Sr. (Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader: Lorenzo Tañada (Citizens)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista)
• Speaker pro tempore: Daniel Romualdez (Leyte–4th, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Arturo Tolentino (Manila–3rd, Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader: Eugenio Perez (Pangasinan–2nd, Liberal)

Members

Senate

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

• 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
• For senators elected on November 10, 1953: December 30, 1953 – December 30, 1959
• For senators elected on November 8, 1955: December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1961

Senator	Party		Term ending
Esteban Abada[a]		Liberal	1955
Domocao Alonto[b]		Nacionalista	1961
Manuel Briones		Nacionalista	1957
Tomas Cabili[c]		Liberal	1955
Edmundo B. Cea		Nacionalista	1959
Mariano Jesus Cuenco		Nacionalista	1959
Francisco Afan Delgado		Nacionalista	1957
Ruperto Kangleon		Democratic	1959
Jose P. Laurel		Nacionalista	1957
Roseller T. Lim[d]		Nacionalista	1957
Jose Locsin		Nacionalista	1957
Fernando Lopez		Democratic	1959
Alejo Mabanag		Nacionalista	1959
Pacita Madrigal-Warns[b]		Nacionalista	1961
Enrique Magalona[c]		Liberal	1955
Justiniano Montano[c]		Liberal	1955
Quintin Paredes[e]		Liberal[f]	1955, 1961
Emmanuel Pelaez		Nacionalista	1959
Macario Peralta Jr.[c]		Liberal	1955
Cipriano Primicias Sr.		Nacionalista	1957
Gil Puyat		Nacionalista	1957
Claro M. Recto[e]		Nacionalista	1955, 1961
Soc Rodrigo[b]		Nacionalista	1961
Eulogio Rodriguez		Nacionalista	1959
Decoroso Rosales[b]		Nacionalista	1961
Pedro Sabido[b]		Nacionalista	1961
Lorenzo Sumulong[e]		Liberal[f]	1955, 1961
Lorenzo Tañada		Citizens	1959
Jose Zulueta		Nacionalista	1957

House of Representatives

House seats by province in the 3rd Congress.

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Lucas P. Paredes		Liberal
Agusan	Lone	Guillermo R. Sanchez		Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Lorenzo P. Ziga[g]		Liberal
		Tecla San Andres Ziga[h]		Liberal
	2nd	Justino Nuyda		Nacionalista
	3rd	Pio Duran		Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Tobias Fornier		Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Jose R. Nuguid		Nacionalista
Batanes	Lone	Jorge A. Abad		Liberal
Batangas	1st	Apolinario R. Apacible		Nacionalista
	2nd	Numeriano U. Babao		Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose Laurel Jr.		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Natalio P. Castillo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Bartolome Cabangbang		Nacionalista
	3rd	Esteban Bernido		Nacionalista
Bukidnon	Lone	Cesar M. Fortich		Nacionalista
Bulacan	1st	Erasmo Cruz		Nacionalista
	2nd	Rogaciano M. Mercado		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Felipe R. Garduque Jr.		Nacionalista
	2nd	Paulino A. Alonzo		Liberal
Camarines Norte	Lone	Fernando V. Pajarillo		Nacionalista
Camarines Sur	1st	Emilio M. Tible		Nacionalista
	2nd	Felix Fuentebella		Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Carmen Dinglasan Consing		Nacionalista
	2nd	Cornelio Villareal		Liberal
	3rd	Godofredo P. Ramos		Nacionalista
Catanduanes	Lone	Francisco A. Perfecto		Nacionalista
Cavite	Lone	Jose T. Cajulis		Nacionalista
Cebu	1st	Ramon M. Durano		Nacionalista–Democratic
	2nd	Pedro Lopez[i]		Independent
	3rd	Maximino Noel		Nacionalista
	4th	Isidro Kintanar		Nacionalista
	5th	Miguel Cuenco		Nacionalista
	6th	Santiago Lucero[j]		Liberal
		Manuel A. Zosa[k]		Nacionalista
	7th	Nicolas Escario		Liberal
Cotabato	Lone	Luminog Mangelen		Liberal
Davao	Lone	Ismael L. Veloso		Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte	1st	Antonio Raquiza[l]		Liberal
	2nd	Ferdinand Marcos		Liberal
Ilocos Sur	1st	Floro Crisologo		Liberal
	2nd	Ricardo Gacula		Liberal
Iloilo	1st	Pedro G. Trono		Democratic
	2nd	Rodolfo Ganzon[m]		Nacionalista
	3rd	Ramon C. Tabiana		Liberal
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido		Nacionalista
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer		Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Samuel Formoso Reyes[n]		Liberal
		Delfin B. Albano[o]		Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Francisco Ortega		Liberal
	2nd	Manuel T. Cases		Liberal
Laguna	1st	Jacobo Z. Gonzales		Nacionalista
	2nd	Wenceslao Lagumbay		Nacionalista
Lanao	Lone	Domocao Alonto[p]		Nacionalista
		Mohammad Ali Dimaporo[q]		Liberal
Leyte	1st	Carlos Tan		Liberal
	2nd	Domingo Veloso		Nacionalista–Democratic
	3rd	Francisco M. Pajao		Liberal
	4th	Daniel Romualdez		Nacionalista
	5th	Alberto T. Aguja		Nacionalista
Manila	1st	Angel M. Castaño		Nacionalista
	2nd	Joaquin R. Roces		Nacionalista
	3rd	Arturo Tolentino		Nacionalista
	4th	Augusto S. Francisco		Nacionalista
Marinduque	Lone	Panfilo M. Manguera		Nacionalista
Masbate	Lone	Mateo S. Pecson		Liberal
Misamis Occidental	Lone	William Chiongbian		Liberal
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Ignacio S. Cruz		Nacionalista
Mountain Province	1st	Juan Bondad		Independent
	2nd	Ramon P. Mitra		Democratic
	3rd	Luis Hora		Nacionalista
Negros Occidental	1st	Jose Puey		Democratic
	2nd	Carlos Hilado		Democratic
	3rd	Agustin M. Gatuslao		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Lorenzo Teves		Nacionalista
	2nd	Lamberto L. Macias		Nacionalista
Nueva Ecija	1st	Jose O. Corpus		Liberal
	2nd	Celestino C. Juan		Nacionalista
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leonardo B. Perez		Nacionalista
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Felipe S. Abeleda		Liberal
Oriental Mindoro	Lone	Conrado M. Morente		Democratic
Palawan	Lone	Gaudencio E. Abordo		Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Diosdado Macapagal		Liberal
	2nd	Emilio P. Cortez		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Mario Bengson		Nacionalista
	2nd	Eugenio Perez[r]		Liberal
	3rd	Jose D. Parayno		Liberal
	4th	Amadeo J. Perez		Liberal
	5th	Justino Benito		Liberal
Quezon	1st	Manuel S. Enverga		Nacionalista
	2nd	Leon Guinto Jr.		Nacionalista
Rizal	1st	Eulogio Rodriguez Jr.		Nacionalista
	2nd	Serafin Salvador		Democratic
Romblon	Lone	Florencio Moreno		Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Gregorio B. Tan[g]		Nacionalista
		Eladio T. Balite[s]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Marciano Lim		Nacionalista
	3rd	Gregorio B. Abogado		Liberal
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador R. Encinas		Liberal
	2nd	Vicente Peralta		Nacionalista
Sulu	Lone	Ombra Amilbangsa		Liberal
Surigao	Lone	Reynaldo P. Honrado		Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Jose Roy		Democratic
	2nd	Constancio E. Castañeda		Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Enrique Corpus		Nacionalista
Zamboanga del Norte	Lone	Alberto Ubay		Liberal
Zamboanga del Sur	Lone	Roseller T. Lim[p]		Nacionalista

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1953 Philippine general election
• 1955 Philippine general election

Notes

1. Died on December 17, 1954.
2. Elected on November 8, 1955 and took office on December 30, 1955.
3. Term ended on December 30, 1955.
4. Elected in a special election on November 8, 1955, succeeding Carlos P. Garcia, who took office as Vice President of the Philippines on December 30, 1953.
5. Re-elected on 8 November 1955.
6. Nacionalista from 1955.
7. Died on November 4, 1954.
8. Elected in a special election on November 8, 1955, succeeding Lorenzo P. Ziga.
9. Died on March 17, 1957.
10. Election annulled on February 21, 1956 after an electoral protest.
11. Won an electoral protest on February 21, 1956, replacing Santiago Lucero.
12. Elected as Governor of Ilocos Norte on November 8, 1955.
13. Elected as Mayor of Iloilo City on November 8, 1955.
14. Election annulled on January 23, 1957 after an electoral protest.
15. Won an electoral protest on January 23, 1957, replacing Samuel Formoso Reyes.
16. Took office as Senator of the Philippines on December 30, 1955.
17. Won an electoral protest on July 21, 1957, replacing Domocao Alonto.
18. Died on August 4, 1957.
19. Elected in a special election on November 8, 1955, succeeding Gregorio B. Tan.

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.