3rd Philippine Legislature

The 3rd Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from October 16, 1912, to February 24, 1916.

3rd Philippine Legislature
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Overview
Term	October 16, 1912 – February 24, 1916
Governor-General	William Cameron Forbes (until September 1, 1913) Francis Burton Harrison (from September 2, 1913)
Philippine Commission
Members	9
President	William Cameron Forbes (until September 1, 1913) Francis Burton Harrison (from September 2, 1913)
Philippine Assembly
Members	81
Speaker	Sergio Osmeña
Majority leader	Macario Adriatico (until November 5, 1914) Galicano Apacible (from November 5, 1914)

Sessions

• First Regular Session: October 16, 1912 – February 3, 1913
• First Special Session: February 6 – 11, 1913
• Second Regular Session: October 16, 1913 – February 3, 1914
• Second Special Session: February 4 – 28, 1914
• Third Regular Session: October 16, 1914 – February 5, 1915
• Fourth Regular Session: October 16, 1915 – February 4, 1916
• Third Special Session: February 14 – 24, 1916

Legislation

The Third Philippine Legislature passed a total of 473 laws (Act Nos. 2192–2664)

Leadership

Philippine Commission

• Governor-General and President of the Philippine Commission:
  • William Cameron Forbes, until September 1, 1913
  • Francis Burton Harrison, from September 2, 1913
• Vice-Governor:
  • Newton W. Gilbert, until November 30, 1913
  • Henderson S. Martin, from December 1, 1913
• Secretary of Finance and Justice:
  • Gregorio S. Araneta, until October 30, 1913
  • Victorino Mapa, from October 30, 1913
• Secretary of the Interior:
  • Dean Conant Worcester, until September 15, 1913
  • Winfred Thaxter Denison, from January 28, 1914
• Secretary of Commerce and Police:
  • Charles B. Elliott, until December 4, 1912
  • Clinton L. Riggs, December 1, 1913 – October 31, 1915
  • Eugene E. Reed, from May 24, 1916
• Secretary of Public Instruction:
  • Newton W. Gilbert, until December 1, 1913
  • Henderson S. Martin, from December 1, 1913

Philippine Assembly

• Speaker: Sergio Osmeña (Cebu–2nd, Nacionalista)

• Majority Floor Leader:
  • Macario Adriatico (Mindoro, Nacionalista), until November 5, 1914
  • Galicano Apacible (Batangas–1st, Nacionalista), from November 5, 1914^[1]

Members

Philippine Commission

• Gregorio S. Araneta^[a]
• Frank A. Branagan^[b]
• Jaime C. de Veyra^[c]
• Winfred Thaxter Denison^[d]
• Charles B. Elliott^[e]
• Vicente Singson Encarnacion^[f]
• William Cameron Forbes^[g]
• Newton W. Gilbert^[h]
• Francis Burton Harrison^[i]
• Vicente Ilustre^[j]
• Victorino Mapa^[k]
• Jose de Luzuriaga^[l]
• Henderson S. Martin^[m]
• Rafael Palma
• Eugene E. Reed^[n]
• Clinton L. Riggs^[o]
• Juan Sumulong^[p]
• Dean Conant Worcester^[q]

Sources:

• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the First Session, October 16, 1912, to February 3, 1913, and A Special Session, February 6, 1913, to February 11, 1913, of the Third Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1913.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the Second Session, October 16, 1913, to February 3, 1914, and A Special Session, February 6, 1914, to February 28, 1914, of the Third Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1914.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the Third Session, October 16, 1914, to February 5, 1915, of the Third Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1915.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the Fourth Session, October 16, 1915, to February 4, 1916, and A Special Session, February 14, 1916, to February 24, 1916, of the Third Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1916.

Philippine Assembly

Province/City	District	Member	Party
Albay	1st	Domingo Diaz		Nacionalista
	2nd	Mariano A. Locsin		Progresista
	3rd	Ceferino Villareal		Nacionalista
Ambos Camarines	1st	Silverio D. Cecilio		Nacionalista
	2nd	Julian Ocampo		Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose Fuentebella		Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Angel Salazar		Progresista
Bataan	Lone	Pablo Tecson		Nacionalista
Batanes	Lone	Vicente Barsana		Progresista
Batangas	1st	Galicano Apacible		Nacionalista
	2nd	Marcelo Caringal		Nacionalista
	3rd	Fidel Reyes		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Candelario Borja		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Clarin		Nacionalista
	3rd	Juan Virtudes		Nacionalista
Bulacan	1st	Aguedo Velarde[r]		Nacionalista
		Ambrosio Santos[s]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Ceferino de Leon		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Cresencio Marasigan[t]		Nacionalista
		Venancio Concepcion[u]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Juan Quintos		Progresista
Capiz	1st	Rafael Acuña		Nacionalista
	2nd	Simeon Dadivas[v]		Nacionalista
		Emilio Acevedo[w]		Progresista
	3rd	Jose Tirol		Progresista
Cavite	Lone	Florentino Joya		Independent
Cebu	1st	Gervacio Padilla		Nacionalista
	2nd	Sergio Osmeña		Nacionalista
	3rd	Filemon Sotto		Nacionalista
	4th	Alejandro Ruiz		Nacionalista
	5th	Mariano Jesus Cuenco		Nacionalista
	6th	Vicente Lozada		Nacionalista
	7th	Eulalio E. Causing[x]		Nacionalista
		Tomas N. Alonso[y]		Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte	1st	Santiago Fonacier		Nacionalista
	2nd	Teogenes Quiaoit		Progresista
Ilocos Sur	1st	Vicente Singson Encarnacion[z]		Progresista
		Alberto Reyes[aa]		Progresista
	2nd	Gregorio Talavera		Progresista
	3rd	Julio Borbon		Nacionalista
Iloilo	1st	Francisco Felipe Villanueva		Progresista
	2nd	Perfecto J. Salas		Nacionalista
	3rd	Ernesto Gustilo		Independent
	4th	Tiburcio Lutero		Progresista
	5th	Cirilo Mapa		Progresista
Isabela	Lone	Eliseo Claravall		Progresista
La Laguna	1st	Servillano Platon		Nacionalista
	2nd	Pedro Guevara		Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Joaquin Luna		Nacionalista
	2nd	Florencio Baltazar		Progresista
Leyte	1st	Estanislao Granados		Nacionalista
	2nd	Dalmacio Costas		Nacionalista
	3rd	Miguel Romualdez		Independent
	4th	Francisco Enage[ab]		Nacionalista
		Ruperto Kapunan[ac]		Progresista
Manila	1st	Isidoro de Santos		Nacionalista
	2nd	Luciano de la Rosa		Liga Popular
Mindoro	Lone	Macario Adriatico[ad]		Nacionalista
		Mariano P. Leuterio[ae]		Liga Popular
Misamis	1st	Leon Borromeo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Nicolas Capistrano		Nacionalista
Negros Occidental	1st	Melecio Severino[af]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Rafael R. Alunan		Nacionalista
	3rd	Gil Montilla		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Hermenegildo Villanueva		Progresista
	2nd	Teofisto Guingona Sr.[ag]		Progresista
		Leopoldo Rovira[ah]		Progresista
Nueva Ecija	Lone	Lucio Gonzales		Nacionalista
Palawan	Lone	Manuel Sandoval		Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Eduardo Gutierrez David		Progresista
	2nd	Andres Luciano		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Vicente Solis		Independent
	2nd	Rodrigo D. Perez		Nacionalista
	3rd	Rufo G. Cruz		Nacionalista
	4th	Pedro Maria Sison		Nacionalista
	5th	Hugo Sansano Sr.		Nacionalista
Rizal	1st	Arsenio Cruz Herrera		Progresista
	2nd	Sixto de los Angeles[ai]		Nacionalista
		Leandro A. Jabson[aj]		Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Tomas Gomez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Sabarre		Nacionalista
	3rd	Mariano Alde		Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Leoncio Grajo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Zurbito		Nacionalista
Surigao	Lone	Inocencio Cortes		Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Luis Morales		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Espinosa		Nacionalista
Tayabas	1st	Filemon Perez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Bernardo del Mundo		Independent
Zambales	Lone	Rafael Corpus[ak]		Nacionalista
		Gabriel Alba[al]		Nacionalista

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines

Notes

1. Resigned as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Finance and Justice on October 30, 1913.
2. Resigned as commissioner on October 30, 1913.
3. Took office as commissioner on October 30, 1913, succeeding Frank A. Branagan.
4. Took office as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of the Interior on January 28, 1914, succeeding Dean Conant Worcester.
5. Resigned as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Commerce and Police on December 4, 1912.
6. Took office as commissioner on October 30, 1913, succeeding Jose de Luzuriaga.
7. Resigned as Governor-General of the Philippines on September 1, 1913.
8. Resigned as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Public Instruction on December 1, 1913.
9. Took office as Governor-General of the Philippines on September 2, 1913, succeeding William Cameron Forbes.
10. Took office as commissioner on October 30, 1913, succeeding Juan Sumulong.
11. Took office as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Finance and Justice on October 30, 1913, succeeding Gregorio S. Araneta.
12. Resigned as commissioner on October 30, 1913.
13. Took office as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Public Instruction on December 1, 1913, succeeding Newton W. Gilbert.
14. Took office as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Commerce and Police on May 24, 1916, succeeding Clinton L. Riggs.
15. Took office as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Commerce and Police on December 1, 1913, succeeding Charles B. Elliott. Resigned as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Commerce and Police on October 31, 1915.
16. Resigned as commissioner on October 30, 1913.
17. Resigned as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of the Interior on September 15, 1913.
18. Died on December 22, 1913.
19. Elected in a special election on May 15, 1914, succeeding Aguedo Velarde.
20. Election invalidated on February 14, 1914 due to possession of Spanish citizenship and failure to submit a certificate of candidacy.
21. Elected in a special election on May 16, 1914, succeeding Cresencio Marasigan.
22. Died on July 27, 1914.
23. Elected in a special election on October 10, 1914, succeeding Simeon Dadivas.
24. Resigned on October 13, 1914.
25. Elected in a special election on November 21, 1914, succeeding Eulalio E. Causing.
26. Appointed to the Philippine Commission on October 30, 1913.
27. Elected in a special election on February 24, 1914, succeeding Vicente Singson Encarnacion.
28. Appointed as provincial fiscal of Iloilo on February 5, 1915.
29. Elected in a special election on September 18, 1915, succeeding Francisco Enage.
30. Appointed to the Code Committee on March 1, 1914.
31. Elected in a special election on June 8, 1914, succeeding Macario Adriatico.
32. Died on May 25, 1915.
33. Appointed as Governor of Agusan on June 10, 1914.
34. Elected in a special election on October 1, 1914, succeeding Teofisto Guingona Sr..
35. Appointed to the Public Welfare Board on April 3, 1915.
36. Elected in a special election on September 18, 1915, succeeding Sixto de los Angeles.
37. Appointed as Solicitor General on March 1, 1914.
38. Elected in a special election on July 22, 1914, succeeding Rafael Corpus.