7th Philippine Legislature

The 7th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from 1925 to 1928.

7th Philippine Legislature
← 6th 8th →
Overview
Term	July 16, 1925 – November 9, 1927
Governor-General	Leonard Wood (until August 7, 1927) Eugene Allen Gilmore (acting, August 7 – December 27, 1927) Henry L. Stimson (from December 27, 1927)
Senate
Members	24
President	Manuel L. Quezon
President pro tempore	Sergio Osmeña
Majority leader	Jose P. Laurel
House of Representatives
Members	92
Speaker	Manuel Roxas
Majority leader	Benigno Aquino Sr.

Sessions

• First Regular Session: July 16 – November 9, 1925
• Second Regular Session: July 16 – November 9, 1926
• Third Regular Session: July 16 – November 9, 1927

Leadership

Senate

• President: Manuel L. Quezon (5th District, Nacionalista)
• President pro tempore: Sergio Osmeña (10th District, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Jose P. Laurel (5th District, Nacionalista)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Manuel Roxas (Capiz–1st, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Benigno Aquino Sr. (Tarlac–2nd, Nacionalista)

Members

Senate

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

• For senators elected on June 6, 1922: June 6, 1922 – June 5, 1928
• For senators elected on June 2, 1925: June 2, 1925 – June 2, 1931

Senators of the 12th District were appointed for indefinite terms.

District	Term ending	Senator	Party
1st District	1928	Isabelo de los Reyes		Nacionalista
	1931	Elpidio Quirino		Nacionalista
2nd District	1928	Alejo Mabanag		Democrata
	1931	Camilo Osias		Nacionalista
3rd District	1928	Santiago Lucero[a]		Democrata
		Luis Morales[b]		Democrata
	1931	Teodoro Sandiko		Democrata
4th District	1928	Emiliano Tria Tirona		Democrata
	1931	Juan Sumulong		Democrata
5th District	1928	Manuel L. Quezon		Nacionalista
	1931	Jose P. Laurel		Nacionalista
6th District	1928	Juan B. Alegre		Nacionalista
	1931	Jose O. Vera		Nacionalista
7th District	1928	Jose Hontiveros		Democrata
	1931	Jose Ledesma		Nacionalista
8th District	1928	Mariano Yulo[c]		Nacionalista
	1931	Hermenegildo Villanueva		Nacionalista
9th District	1928	Tomas Gomez[d]		Nacionalista
		Pastor Salazar[e]		Nacionalista
	1931	Jose Maria Veloso		Democrata
10th District	1928	Sergio Osmeña		Nacionalista
	1931	Pedro Rodriguez		Nacionalista
11th District	1928	Jose Clarin		Nacionalista
	1931	Troadio Galicano		Democrata
12th District	–	Jose Alejandrino[f]		Democrata
	–	Hadji Butu[f]		Democrata

House of Representatives

Province/City	District	Representative[1]	Party
Abra	Lone	Quintin Paredes		Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Francisco Peňa		Nacionalista
	2nd	Francisco Perfecto		Nacionalista
	3rd	Pedro Sabido		Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Segundo Moscoso		Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Manuel Banson		Democrata
Batanes	Lone	Vicente Agan		Nacionalista
Batangas	1st	Antonio de las Alas		Nacionalista
	2nd	Andres Buendia		Nacionalista
	3rd	Claro M. Recto		Democrata
Bohol	1st	Fermin Torralba		Nacionalista
	2nd	Olegario Clarin		Nacionalista
	3rd	Carlos P. Garcia		Nacionalista
Bulacan	1st	Jose Padilla Sr.		Democrata
	2nd	Jose Serapio		Democrata
Cagayan	1st	Vicente Formoso		Nacionalista
	2nd	Antonio Guzman		Democrata
Camarines Norte	Lone	Rafael Carranceja		Nacionalista
Camarines Sur	1st	Ramon B. Felipe		Democrata
	2nd	Manuel Fuentebella		Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Manuel Roxas		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Altavas		Nacionalista
	3rd	Manuel Laserna		Nacionalista
Cavite	Lone	Augusto A. Reyes[g]		Nacionalista
		Antero Soriano[h]		Nacionalista
Cebu	1st	Manuel Briones		Nacionalista
	2nd	Paulino Gullas		Nacionalista
	3rd	Vicente Rama		Democrata
	4th	Juan Alcazaren		Nacionalista
	5th	Mariano Jesus Cuenco		Nacionalista
	6th	Pastor Noel		Nacionalista
	7th	Paulino Ybañez		Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte	1st	Severo Hernando		Nacionalista
	2nd	Mariano Marcos		Nacionalista
Ilocos Sur	1st	Simeon Ramos		Democrata
	2nd	Lupo Biteng		Nacionalista
Iloilo	1st	Eugenio Baldana		Democrata
	2nd	Vicente Ybiernas		Nacionalista
	3rd	Tomas Confesor		Nacionalista
	4th	Asencion Arrancillo		Nacionalista
	5th	Venancio Cudillo		Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Manuel Nieto		Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Fausto Almeida		Democrata
	2nd	Leoncio Dacanay		Nacionalista
Laguna	1st	Tomas Dizon		Nacionalista
	2nd	Ananias Laico		Nacionalista
Leyte	1st	Juan Veloso		Nacionalista
	2nd	Tomas Oppus		Nacionalista
	3rd	Ruperto Kapunan		Nacionalista
	4th	Filomeno Montejo		Nacionalista
Manila	1st	Gregorio Perfecto		Democrata
	2nd	Alfonso E. Mendoza		Democrata
Marinduque	Lone	Ricardo Nepomuceno		Nacionalista
Masbate	Lone	Eduardo Marcaida		Nacionalista
Mindanao and Sulu	Lone	Pedro de la Llana[f]
		Jose Melencio[f]
		Abdullah Piang[f]
		Arsenio Suazo[f]
Mindoro	Lone	Mariano Leuterio		Nacionalista
Misamis	1st	Segundo Gaston		Democrata
	2nd	Teogenes Velez		Democrata
Mountain Province	Lone	Juan Cailles[i]
		Joaquin Codamon[f]
		Miguel Cornejo[j]
		Henry A. Kamora[f]
Negros Occidental	1st	Serafin P. Hilado		Nacionalista
	2nd	Ramon Torres		Nacionalista
	3rd	Isaac Lacson		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Guillermo Z. Villanueva		Nacionalista
	2nd	Enrique Villanueva		Nacionalista
Nueva Ecija	Lone	Isauro Gabaldon[k]		Nacionalista
		Feliciano Ramoso[l]		Nacionalista
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Antonio Escamilla[f]		Independent
Palawan	Lone	Patricio Fernandez		Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Pedro Valdez Liongson		Nacionalista
	2nd	Ceferino Hilario		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Enrique Braganza		Nacionalista
	2nd	Isidoro Siapno		Nacionalista
	3rd	Servillano dela Cruz		Nacionalista
	4th	Eusebio V. Sison		Nacionalista
	5th	Evaristo Sanchez		Nacionalista
Rizal	1st	Basilio Bautista		Democrata
	2nd	Eulogio Rodriguez		Democrata
Romblon	Lone	Leonardo Festin		Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Jose Avelino		Democrata
	2nd	Pascual B. Azanza		Democrata
	3rd	Gerardo Morrero		Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Juan Reyes		Democrata
	2nd	Mario Guariña		Nacionalista
Surigao	Lone	Montano Ortiz		Democrata
Tarlac	1st	Sisenardo Palarca		Nacionalista
	2nd	Benigno Aquino Sr.		Nacionalista
Tayabas	1st	Primitivo San Agustin		Nacionalista
	2nd	Leon Guinto		Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Alejo Labrador		Nacionalista

See also

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

Notes

1. Died on November 2, 1925.
2. Elected in a special election on March 23, 1926, succeeding Santiago Lucero.
3. Elected on August 31, 1925, replacing Espiridion Guanco, who died on May 2, 1925.
4. Died on July 28, 1926.
5. Elected on December 30, 1926, succeeding Tomas Gomez.
6. Appointed.
7. Died on July 3, 1925.
8. Elected in a special election August 15, 1925, succeeding Augusto A. Reyes.
9. Appointed in October 1925, succeeding Miguel Cornejo.
10. Appointed. Removed from office on October 6, 1925 after being convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for assaulting an American.
11. Representative-elect. Disqualified for lack of residency.
12. Elected in a special election on March 22, 1926, succeeding Isauro Gabaldon.

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.