9th Philippine Legislature

The 9th Philippine Legislature^[1] was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from 1931 to 1934.

9th Philippine Legislature
← 8th 10th →
Overview
Term	July 16, 1931 – May 5, 1934
Governor-General	Dwight F. Davis (until January 9, 1932) George C. Butte (acting, January 9 – February 29, 1932) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (February 29, 1932 – July 15, 1933) Frank Murphy (from July 15, 1933)
Senate
Members	24
President	Manuel L. Quezon
President pro tempore	Sergio Osmeña
Majority leader	Benigno Aquino Sr.
Minority leader	Claro M. Recto
House of Representatives
Members	86
Speaker	Manuel Roxas
Speaker pro tempore	Antonio de las Alas (until January 25, 1933) Quintin Paredes (January 25 – July 24, 1933) Jose Zulueta (from July 24, 1933)
Majority leader	Pedro Sabido

Sessions

• First Regular Session: July 16 – November 9, 1931
• Second Regular Session: July 16 – November 8, 1932
• First Special Session: December 7 – 17, 1932
• Second Special Session: January 16 – 31, 1933
• Third Regular Session: July 17 – November 9, 1933
• Third Special Session: April 30 – May 5, 1934

Leadership

Senate

• President: Manuel L. Quezon (5th District, Nacionalista)
• President pro tempore: Sergio Osmeña (10th District, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Benigno Aquino Sr. (3rd District, Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader: Claro M. Recto (5th District, Nacionalista)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Manuel Roxas (Capiz–1st, Nacionalista)
• Speaker pro tempore:
  • Antonio de las Alas (Batangas–1st, Nacionalista), until January 25, 1933
  • Quintín Paredes (Abra, Nacionalista), January 25 – July 24, 1933^[2]
  • Jose Zulueta (Iloilo–1st, Nacionalista), from July 24, 1933^[2]
• Majority Floor Leader: Pedro Sabido (Albay–3rd, 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 5, 1928: June 5, 1928 – June 5, 1934
• For senators elected on June 2, 1931: June 2, 1931 – June 1, 1937

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

District	Term ending	Senator	Party
1st District	1934	Melecio Arranz		Nacionalista
	1937	Elpidio Quirino		Nacionalista
2nd District	1934	Teofilo Sison		Nacionalista
	1937	Alejo Mabanag		Democrata
3rd District	1934	Benigno Aquino Sr.		Nacionalista
	1937	Sotero Baluyut		Nacionalista
4th District	1934	Jose Generoso		Democrata
	1937	Juan Nolasco		Nacionalista
5th District	1934	Manuel L. Quezon		Nacionalista
	1937	Claro M. Recto		Democrata
6th District	1934	Jose Fuentebella		Nacionalista
	1937	Juan B. Alegre[a]		Democrata
		Jose O. Vera[b]		Nacionalista
7th District	1934	Antonio Bello		Nacionalista
	1937	Ruperto Montinola		Democrata
8th District	1934	Francisco Zulueta		Nacionalista
	1937	Gil Montilla		Nacionalista
9th District	1934	Jose Avelino		Nacionalista
	1937	Jose Maria Veloso		Nacionalista
10th District	1934	Sergio Osmeña		Nacionalista
	1937	Manuel Briones		Nacionalista
11th District	1934	Jose Clarin		Democrata
	1937	Juan Torralba		Nacionalista
12th District	–	Ludovico Hidrosollo[c]		Nacionalista
	–	Jamalul Kiram II[c]		Independent

House of Representatives

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Quintin Paredes		Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Froilan Pavericio[d]		Democrata
		Julian M. Locsin[e]		Nacionalista
		Exequiel Kare[f]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose S. Valenciano		Nacionalista
	3rd	Pedro Sabido		Nacionalista
	4th	Pedro Vera		Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Segundo Moscoso		Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Fortunato de Leon		Democrata
Batanes	Lone	Mariano Lizardo		Nacionalista
Batangas	1st	Antonio de las Alas[g]		Nacionalista
		Ramon Diokno[h]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Meynardo M. Farol		Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose D. Dimayuga		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Jose Concon		Independent
	2nd	Marcelo S. Ramirez		Independent
	3rd	Filomeno Orbeta Caseñas		Independent
Bulacan	1st	Francisco Afan Delgado		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose de Leon Jr.		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Marcelo Adduru		Nacionalista
	2nd	Sabas Casibang		Nacionalista
Camarines Norte	Lone	Miguel Lukban		Nacionalista
Camarines Sur	1st	Mariano E. Villafuerte		Democrata
	2nd	Severo Cea		Democrata
Capiz	1st	Manuel Roxas		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose A. Dorado		Nacionalista
	3rd	Rufino L. Garde[i]		Nacionalista
		Rafael Tumbokon[j]		Nacionalista
Cavite	Lone	Emiliano Tria Tirona		Democrata
Cebu	1st	Buenaventura Rodriguez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Sotero Cabahug		Nacionalista
	3rd	Maximino Noel		Nacionalista
	4th	Juan Alcazaren		Nacionalista
	5th	Miguel Cuenco		Nacionalista
	6th	Miguel Raffiñan		Nacionalista
	7th	Paulino Ybañez		Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte	1st	Vicente T. Lazo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Emilio L. Medina		Nacionalista
Ilocos Sur	1st	Pedro Singson Reyes		Nacionalista
	2nd	Fidel B. Villanueva		Democrata
Iloilo	1st	Jose Zulueta		Nacionalista
	2nd	Vicente R. Ybiernas		Nacionalista
	3rd	Silvestre Villa		Nacionalista
	4th	Tomas Buenaflor		Nacionalista
	5th	Venancio Cudillo		Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Silvestre B. Macutay		Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Mariano Alisangco		Independent
	2nd	Rodolfo Baltazar		Nacionalista
Laguna	1st	Feliciano Gomez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Arsenio Bonifacio		Nacionalista
Leyte	1st	Carlos Tan		Nacionalista
	2nd	Pacifico Ybañez		Nacionalista
	3rd	Tomas Oppus		Nacionalista
	4th	Cirilo Bayaya		Nacionalista
	5th	Ruperto Kapunan		Nacionalista
Manila	1st	Francisco Varona		Nacionalista
	2nd	Prudencio A. Remigio		Liberal
Marinduque	Lone	Jose A. Uy		Nacionalista
Masbate	Lone	Pio V. Corpus		Nacionalista
Mindanao and Sulu	Lone	Agustin S. Alvarez[c]		Nacionalista
		Francisco Bangoy[c]		Nacionalista
		Datu Ibra Gundarangin[c]		Independent
		Jose G. Sanvictores[c]		Nacionalista
		Datu Sinsuat[c]		Independent
Mindoro	Lone	Mariano P. Leuterio[k]		Nacionalista
		Juan L. Luna[l]		Nacionalista
Misamis	1st	Jose Ozamiz		Nacionalista
	2nd	Isidro Vamenta		Nacionalista
Mountain Province	Lone	Hilary Clapp[c]		Nacionalista
		Juan Gaerlan[c]		Independent
		Henry A. Kamora[c]		Independent
Negros Occidental	1st	Enrique Magalona		Nacionalista
	2nd	Ramon Torres		Nacionalista
	3rd	Emilio Yulo		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Guillermo Z. Villanueva		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose E. Romero		Nacionalista
Nueva Ecija	1st	Manuel V. Gallego		Nacionalista
	2nd	Felipe Buencamino Jr.		Nacionalista
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Domingo Maddela[c]		Nacionalista
Palawan	Lone	Claudio R. Sandoval		Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Fabian de la Paz		Nacionalista
	2nd	Zoilo Hilario		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Potenciano Pecson		Nacionalista
	2nd	Eugenio Perez		Nacionalista
	3rd	Antonio C. Mejia		Nacionalista
	4th	Eusebio V. Sison		Nacionalista
	5th	Juan G. Millan		Democrata
Rizal	1st	Pedro Magsalin		Nacionalista
	2nd	Eulogio Rodriguez		Democrata
Romblon	Lone	Leonardo Festin		Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Tiburcio Tancinco		Nacionalista
	2nd	Serafin S. Marabut		Nacionalista
	3rd	Gerardo Morrero		Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Adolfo Gerona		Nacionalista
	2nd	Fernando B. Duran		Nacionalista
Surigao	Lone	Vicente Gonzaga		Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Alfonso A. Pablo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose G. Domingo		Democrata
Tayabas	1st	Fabian R. Millar		Nacionalista
	2nd	Marcelo T. Boncan		Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Gregorio Anonas[m]		Nacionalista
		Mariano Alisangco[n]		Independent

See also

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

Notes

1. Died on June 14, 1931.^[3]
2. Elected in a special election on August 18, 1931, succeeding Juan B. Alegre.
3. Appointed.
4. Died on August 9, 1931.
5. Elected in a special election on September 3, 1931, succeeding Froilan Pavericio. Election annulled on January 31, 1933 after an electoral protest.
6. Won an electoral protest on January 31, 1933, replacing Julian M. Locsin.
7. Appointed as Secretary of Public Works and Communications on February 18, 1933.
8. Elected in a special election on February 18, 1933, succeeding Antonio de las Alas.
9. Election annulled on January 23, 1932 after an electoral protest.
10. Won an electoral protest on January 23, 1932, replacing Rufino L. Garde.
11. Died on April 23, 1932.
12. Elected in a special election on June 4, 1932, succeeding Mariano P. Leuterio.
13. Appointed as an undersecretary in the Department of Public Works and Communications on March 1, 1933.
14. Elected in a special election on April 1, 1933, succeeding Gregorio Anonas.

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.