5th Congress of the Philippines

The 5th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalimang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 22, 1962, until December 17, 1965, during the presidency of Diosdado Macapagal.

5th Congress of the Philippines
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Overview
Term	January 22, 1962 – December 17, 1965
President	Diosdado Macapagal
Vice President	Emmanuel Pelaez
Senate
Members	24
President	Eulogio Rodriguez (until April 5, 1963) Ferdinand Marcos (from April 5, 1963)
President pro tempore	Fernando Lopez
Majority leader	Arturo Tolentino
Minority leader	Estanislao Fernandez
House of Representatives
Members	104
Speaker	Daniel Romualdez (until March 9, 1962) Cornelio Villareal (from March 9, 1962)
Speaker pro tempore	Salipada Pendatun
Majority leader	Justiniano Montano
Minority leader	Cornelio Villareal (until March 9, 1962) Daniel Romualdez (from March 9, 1962)

Sessions

• First Regular Session: January 22 – May 17, 1962
• Second Regular Session: January 28 – May 23, 1963
• First Special Session: June 10 – July 12, 1963
• Third Regular Session: January 27 – May 21, 1964
• Second Special Session: May 22 – June 25, 1964
• Third Special Session: June 26 – July 8, 1964
• Fourth Special Session: August 3–15, 1964
• Fourth Regular Session: January 25 – May 20, 1965
• First Joint Session: March 1 – May 5, 1965
• Fifth Special Session: May 21 – June 24, 1965
• Sixth Special Session: June 30 – July 12, 1965
• Second Joint Session: December 14–17, 1965

Legislation

The Fifth Congress passed a total of 1,192 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 3451 – 4642)

Leadership

Composition of the Senate during the 5th Congress' 1st and 2nd (left), and 3rd & 4th (right) sessions.

Composition of the House of Representatives during the 5th Congress.

Senate

• President:
  • Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), until April 5, 1963
  • Ferdinand Marcos (Liberal), from April 5, 1963
• President pro tempore: Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Arturo Tolentino (Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader: Estanislao Fernandez (Liberal)

House of Representatives

• Speaker:
  • Daniel Romualdez (Leyte–1st, Nacionalista), until March 9, 1962
  • Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal), from March 9, 1962
• Speaker pro tempore: Salipada Pendatun (Cotabato, Liberal)
• Majority Floor Leader: Justiniano Montano (Cavite, Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal), until March 9, 1962
  • Daniel Romualdez (Leyte–1st, Nacionalista), from March 9, 1962

Members

Senate

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

• For senators elected on November 12, 1957: December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1963
• For senators elected on November 10, 1959: December 30, 1959 – December 30, 1965
• For senators elected on November 14, 1961: December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1967
• For senators elected on November 12, 1963: December 30, 1963 – December 30, 1969

Senator	Party		Term ending
Alejandro Almendras		Nacionalista	1965
Gaudencio Antonino		Liberal	1967
Eulogio Balao[a]		Nacionalista	1963
Mariano Jesus Cuenco[b]		Nacionalista	1965
Rogelio de la Rosa[a]		Liberal	1963
Jose W. Diokno[c]		Nacionalista	1969
Estanislao Fernandez		Liberal	1965
Rodolfo Ganzon[c]		Nacionalista	1969
Maria Kalaw Katigbak		Liberal	1967
Oscar Ledesma[a]		Nacionalista	1963
Roseller T. Lim[a]		Nacionalista	1963
Juan Liwag[c]		Liberal	1969
Fernando Lopez		Nacionalista	1965
Genaro Magsaysay		Nacionalista	1965
Manuel Manahan		Progressive	1967
Raul Manglapus		Progressive	1967
Ferdinand Marcos		Liberal	1965
Camilo Osias		Liberal	1967
Ambrosio Padilla[d]		Liberal	1963, 1969
Cipriano Primicias Sr.[a]		Nacionalista	1963
Gil Puyat[d]		Nacionalista	1963, 1969
Soc Rodrigo		Nacionalista	1967
Eulogio Rodriguez[e]		Nacionalista	1965
Gerry Roxas[c]		Liberal	1969
Jose Roy		Nacionalista	1967
Tecla San Andres Ziga[c]		Liberal	1969
Lorenzo Sumulong		Nacionalista	1967
Lorenzo Tañada		NCP	1965
Arturo Tolentino[d]		Nacionalista	1963, 1969

House of Representatives

Fifth Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Lucas P. Paredes		Nacionalista
Agusan	Lone	Guillermo R. Sanchez		Nacionalista
Aklan	Lone	Godofredo P. Ramos		Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Venancio P. Ziga		Nacionalista
	2nd	Justino Nuyda		Nacionalista
	3rd	Josefina B. Duran		Liberal
Antique	Lone	Tobias Fornier[f]		Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Jose R. Nuguid		Nacionalista
Batanes	Lone	Jorge A. Abad[g]		Liberal
Batangas	1st	Apolinario R. Apacible[h]		Nacionalista
		Luis N. Lopez[i]		Liberal
	2nd	Apolinario V. Marasigan		Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose Laurel Jr.		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Natalio P. Castillo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Bartolome Cabangbang		Nacionalista
	3rd	Maximino A. Garcia		Nacionalista
Bukidnon	Lone	Cesar M. Fortich		Nacionalista
Bulacan	1st	Teodulo C. Natividad		Nacionalista
	2nd	Rogaciano M. Mercado		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Tito M. Dupaya		Nacionalista
	2nd	Benjamin Ligot		Nacionalista
Camarines Norte	Lone	Marcial R. Pimentel		Liberal
Camarines Sur	1st	Juan F. Triviño		Nacionalista
	2nd	Felix Fuentebella		Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Gerardo Roxas[j]		Liberal
	2nd	Cornelio Villareal		Liberal
Catanduanes	Lone	Jose M. Alberto		Liberal
Cavite	Lone	Justiniano Montano		Nacionalista
Cebu	1st	Ramon M. Durano		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Briones		Liberal
	3rd	Maximino Noel		Nacionalista
	4th	Isidro Kintanar		Nacionalista
	5th	Miguel Cuenco		Nacionalista
	6th	Manuel A. Zosa		Nacionalista
	7th	Tereso Dumon		Nacionalista
Cotabato	Lone	Salipada Pendatun		Liberal
Davao	Lone	Ismael L. Veloso		Liberal
Ilocos Norte	1st	Antonio Raquiza		Liberal
	2nd	Simeon M. Valdez		Nacionalista
Ilocos Sur	1st	Floro Crisologo		Liberal
	2nd	Pablo Sanidad		Liberal
Iloilo	1st	Pedro G. Trono		Liberal
	2nd	Rodolfo Ganzon[j]		Nacionalista
	3rd	Ramon C. Tabiana[k]		Liberal
		Gloria M. Tabiana[l]		Liberal
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido		Nacionalista
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer		Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Delfin B. Albano		Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Francisco Ortega		Nacionalista
	2nd	Manuel T. Cases		Liberal
Laguna	1st	Joaquin E. Chipeco		Nacionalista
	2nd	Wenceslao Lagumbay		Nacionalista
Lanao del Norte	Lone	Laurentino Ll. Badelles		Nacionalista
Lanao del Sur	Lone	Rashid Lucman		Liberal
Leyte	1st	Daniel Romualdez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Primo Villasin		Liberal
	3rd	Marcelino R. Veloso		Nacionalista
	4th	Dominador M. Tan		Nacionalista
Manila	1st	Fidel A. Santiago		Liberal
	2nd	Joaquin R. Roces		Nacionalista
	3rd	Ramon Bagatsing		Liberal
	4th	Justo Albert		Liberal
Marinduque	Lone	Francisco M. Lecaroz		Nacionalista
Masbate	Lone	Emilio Espinosa Jr.		Nacionalista
Misamis Occidental	Lone	William Chiongbian[m]		Liberal
		Guillermo C. Sambo[n]		Nacionalista
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Vicente B. de Lara		Liberal
Mountain Province	1st	Alfredo G. Lamen
	2nd	Ramon P. Mitra
	3rd	Luis Hora
Negros Occidental	1st	Vicente F. Gustilo Sr.[o]		Nacionalista
		Armando C. Gustilo[p]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Inocencio V. Ferrer		Nacionalista
	3rd	Agustin M. Gatuslao		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Lorenzo Teves		Nacionalista
	2nd	Lamberto L. Macias		Nacionalista
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eugenio T. Baltao		Liberal
	2nd	Felicisimo Ocampo		Liberal
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leonardo B. Perez		Nacionalista
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Felipe S. Abeleda		Liberal
Oriental Mindoro	Lone	Luciano A. Joson		Liberal
Palawan	Lone	Gaudencio E. Abordo		Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Francisco Nepomuceno		Liberal
	2nd	Emilio P. Cortez		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Aguedo F. Agbayani		Nacionalista
	2nd	Angel B. Fernandez		Liberal
	3rd	Cipriano Primicias Jr.		Nacionalista
	4th	Amadeo J. Perez		Liberal
	5th	Luciano Millan		Nacionalista
Quezon	1st	Manuel S. Enverga		Nacionalista
	2nd	Eladio A. Caliwara		Liberal
Rizal	1st	Rufino D. Antonio		Liberal
	2nd	Jovito Salonga		Liberal
Romblon	Lone	Jose D. Moreno		Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Eladio T. Balite		Nacionalista
	2nd	Fernando R. Veloso		Nacionalista
	3rd	Felipe J. Abrigo		Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador R. Encinas		Nacionalista
	2nd	Vicente Peralta		Nacionalista
Southern Leyte	Lone	Nicanor Yñiguez		Nacionalista
Sulu	Lone	Salih Ututalum		Nacionalista
Surigao del Norte	Lone	Reynaldo P. Honrado		Nacionalista
Surigao del Sur	Lone	Vicente L. Pimentel		Liberal
Tarlac	1st	Peping Cojuangco		Nacionalista
	2nd	Constancio E. Castañeda		Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Virgilio L. Afable		Nacionalista
Zamboanga del Norte	Lone	Alberto Ubay		Nacionalista
Zamboanga del Sur	Lone	Vincenzo Sagun		Nacionalista

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1961 Philippine general election
• 1963 Philippine general election

Notes

1. Term ended on December 30, 1963.
2. Died on February 25, 1964.
3. Elected on November 12, 1963 and took office on December 30, 1963.
4. Re-elected on November 12, 1963.
5. Died on December 19, 1964.
6. Died on October 31, 1964.
7. Appointed as Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications on June 22, 1964.
8. Died on August 22, 1963.
9. Elected in a special election on November 12, 1963, succeeding Apolinario R. Apacible.
10. Took office as Senator of the Philippines on December 30, 1963.
11. Died on December 20, 1964.
12. Elected in a special election on November 9, 1964, succeeding Ramon C. Tabiana.
13. Removed on March 17, 1962 after an electoral protest.
14. Won an electoral protest on March 17, 1962, replacing William Chiongbian.
15. Died on December 17, 1962.
16. Elected in a special election on November 12, 1963, succeeding Vicente F. Gustilo Sr..

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.