4th Philippine Legislature

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.

4th Philippine Legislature
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Overview
Term	October 16, 1916 – March 8, 1919
Governor-General	Francis Burton Harrison
Senate
Members	24
President	Manuel L. Quezon
Majority leader	Francisco Felipe Villanueva
House of Representatives
Members	90
Speaker	Sergio Osmeña
Majority leader	Rafael Alunan

Joint session of Philippine Legislature, Manila. November 15, 1916

Sessions

• 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).^[1]

Leadership

Senate

• President: Manuel L. Quezon (5th District, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Francisco Felipe Viillanueva (7th District, Nacionalista)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Sergio Osmeña (Cebu–2nd, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Rafael Alunan (Negros Occidental–3rd, Nacionalista)

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.

District	Term ending	Senator	Party
1st District	1922	Vicente Singson Encarnacion		Progresista
	1919	Juan Villamor		Nacionalista
2nd District	1922	Pedro Maria Sison		Nacionalista
	1919	Aquilino Calvo[a]		Nacionalista
		Matias Gonzales[b]		Nacionalista
3rd District	1922	Francisco Tongio Liongson[c]		Nacionalista
	1919	Isauro Gabaldon		Nacionalista
4th District	1922	Rafael Palma		Nacionalista
	1919	Pedro Guevara		Nacionalista
5th District	1922	Manuel L. Quezon		Nacionalista
	1919	Vicente Ilustre		Independent
6th District	1922	Leoncio Imperial		Nacionalista
	1919	Mario Guariña		Nacionalista
7th District	1922	Jose Altavas		Nacionalista
	1919	Francisco Felipe Villanueva		Nacionalista
8th District	1922	Espiridion Guanco		Nacionalista
	1919	Manuel Lopez		Nacionalista
9th District	1922	Esteban Singson		Nacionalista
	1919	Jose Maria Veloso		Nacionalista
10th District	1922	Filemon Sotto		Nacionalista
	1919	Celestino Rodriguez		Nacionalista
11th District	1922	Jose Clarin		Nacionalista
	1919	Nicolas Capistrano		Nacionalista
12th District	–	Hadji Butu[d]		Nacionalista
	–	Joaquin Luna[d]		Nacionalista

House of Representatives

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone[e]	Eustaquio Purugganan[f]		Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Domingo Diaz		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose O. Vera		Nacionalista
	3rd	Tomas Luna		Progresista
Ambos Camarines	1st	Gonzalo S. Escalante		Nacionalista
	2nd	Manuel Rey		Nacionalista
	3rd	Sulpicio V. Cea		Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Ramon Maza		Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Maximino de los Reyes		Nacionalista
Batanes	Lone	Juan G. Castillejos		Nacionalista
Batangas	1st	Ramon Diokno		Nacionalista
	2nd	Pablo Borbon		Nacionalista
	3rd	Benito Reyes Katigbak		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Celestino Gallares		Nacionalista
	2nd	Macario Lumain		Nacionalista
	3rd	Filomeno Orbeta Caseñas		Nacionalista
Bulacan	1st	Mariano Escueta		Liga Popular
	2nd	Ricardo Gonzales Lloret		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Vicente T. Fernandez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Miguel Concepcion Nava		Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Antonio Belo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Leopoldo Mobo Alba		Nacionalista
	3rd	Leonardo Festin		Progresista
Cavite	Lone	Emiliano Tria Tirona		Democrata
Cebu	1st	Jose Hernaez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Sergio Osmeña		Nacionalista
	3rd	Vicente Urgello		Nacionalista
	4th	Alejandro Ruiz		Nacionalista
	5th	Mariano Jesus Cuenco		Nacionalista
	6th	Miguel Raffiñan		Nacionalista
	7th	Tomas N. Alonso		Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte	1st	Vicente T. Llanes		Nacionalista
	2nd	Melchor Flor		Progresista
Ilocos Sur	1st	Alberto Reyes		Progresista
	2nd	Ponciano Morales		Nacionalista
	3rd[g]	Eustaquio Purugganan[h]		Nacionalista
Iloilo	1st	Jose Maria Arroyo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Cresenciano Lozano		Nacionalista
	3rd	Nicanor Gregorius		Progresista
	4th	Tiburcio Lutero		Progresista
	5th	Juan de Leon		Progresista
Isabela	Lone	Mauro Verzosa		Nacionalista
La Laguna	1st	Feliciano Gomez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Crisanto M. Guysayko		Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Juan T. Lucero		Nacionalista
	2nd	Valerio M. Fontanilla		Independent
Leyte	1st	Manuel Veloso		Nacionalista
	2nd	Dalmacio Costas		Nacionalista
	3rd	Segundo Apostol		Nacionalista
	4th	Ruperto Kapunan		Progresista
Manila	1st	Antonio Montenegro		Democrata
	2nd	Luciano de la Rosa		Democrata
Mindanao and Sulu	Lone	Rafael Acuña[d]		Nacionalista
		Datu Benito[d]		Independent
		Pablo Lorenzo[d]		Nacionalista
		Teodoro Palma Gil[d]		Nacionalista
		Datu Piang[d]		Independent
Mindoro	Lone	Mariano P. Leuterio		Nacionalista
Misamis	1st	Gregorio Borromeo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Ramon Neri		Nacionalista
Mountain Province	Lone	Rafael Bulayungan[d]		Nacionalista
		Juan Cariño[d]		Nacionalista
		Valentin Manglapus[d]		Nacionalista
Negros Occidental	1st	Lope B. Severino		Nacionalista
	2nd	Rafael R. Alunan		Nacionalista
	3rd	Gil Montilla		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Restituto Villegas		Progresista
	2nd	Felipe Tayko		Progresista
Nueva Ecija	Lone	Isidro Gonzales		Nacionalista
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Wenceslao Valera[d]		Nacionalista
Palawan	Lone	Manuel Sandoval		Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Eduardo Gutierrez David		Progresista
	2nd	Pedro Abad Santos		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Modesto Sison		Progresista
	2nd	Aquilino Banaag		Nacionalista
	3rd	Teodoro I. Gomez		Nacionalista
	4th	Alejandro de Guzman		Nacionalista
	5th	Bernabe de Guzman		Nacionalista
Rizal	1st	Arcadio Santos		Nacionalista
	2nd	Eugenio Santos		Progresista
Samar	1st	Pedro K. Mendiola		Nacionalista
	2nd	Pastor Salazar		Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose Lugay Raquel		Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Manuel Escudero		Independent
	2nd	Amancio Aguilar		Nacionalista
Surigao	Lone	Eusebio Tiongko		Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Luis Morales		Nacionalista
	2nd	Cayetano Rivera		Independent
Tayabas	1st	Alfonso M. Recto		Nacionalista
	2nd	Gregorio Nieva		Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Guillermo Pablo		Nacionalista

See also

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

Notes

1. Appointed as Governor of Mountain Province on February 20, 1917.
2. Elected in a special election on May 5, 1917, succeeding Aquilino Calvo.
3. Died on February 20, 1919.
4. Appointed.
5. Created on March 9, 1917.
6. Redistricted on March 9, 1917 from Ilocos Sur–3rd.
7. Dissolved on March 9, 1917.
8. Redistricted on March 9, 1917 to Abra.