List of Philippine legislators who died in office

The following is a list of members of the various national legislatures of the Philippines who died in office:

Philippine Legislature (1907–1935)
- Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)
- House of Representatives (1916–1935)
- Philippine Commission (1907–1916)
- Senate (1916–1935)
National Assembly (1935–1941)
Commonwealth Congress (1941–1946)
- House of Representatives (1941–1946)
- Senate (1941–1946)
National Assembly (1942–1943)
Congress (1946–1972)
- House of Representatives (1946–1972)
- Senate (1946–1972)
Batasang Pambansa (1978–86)
Congress (1987–present)
- House of Representatives (1987–present)
- Senate (1987–present)

Member		District	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Francisco Tongio Liongson	Nacionalista	3rd	February 20, 1919	49	Anthrax
Espiridion Guanco	Nacionalista	8th	May 2, 1925	50	Cerebral attack
Santiago Lucero^[1]	Democrata	3rd	November 2, 1925	54
Tomás Gómez^[1]	Nacionalista	9th	July 28, 1926	48-49
Jose Maria Arroyo^[1]	Nacionalista	7th	March 8, 1927^[2]	51-52
Mariano Yulo	Nacionalista	8th	July 11, 1929	65	Car accident
Juan B. Alegre	Democrata	6th	June 14, 1931	49	Gastric ulcer^[3]
Potenciano Treñas	Nacionalista	7th	June 10, 1934^[4]	40
José Clarín	Nacionalista	11th	June 2, 1935	55	Lung tumor^[5]

Member		Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Norberto Romualdez^[1]	Nacionalista	November 4, 1941	66	Heart attack
Daniel Maramba	Nacionalista	December 28, 1941	71	Tuberculosis^[6]
José Ozámiz	Nacionalista	February 11, 1944	45	Executed by the Japanese during World War II^[7]
Vicente Y. Sotto	Popular Front	March 28, 1950^[8]	73
Tomás Confesor	Nacionalista	June 6, 1951	60	Heart attack^[9]
Emiliano Tria Tirona^[1]	Liberal	April 8, 1952	70	Lung cancer
Esteban Abada	Liberal	December 17, 1954^[10]	58
Ruperto Kangleon^[1]	Democratic	February 27, 1958	58	Heart attack
Claro M. Recto	Nacionalista	October 2, 1960	70	Heart attack^[11]
Mariano Jesús Cuenco	Nacionalista	February 25, 1964^[12]	76
Eulogio Rodriguez	Nacionalista	December 9, 1964	81	Heart attack^[13]
Gaudencio Antonino	Liberal	November 13, 1967	58	Helicopter crash^[14]
Marcelo Fernan	LDP	July 11, 1999^[15]	71	Cancer
Renato Cayetano	Lakas	June 25, 2003	68	Abdominal cancer^[16]

Member		Province (district)	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Melecio Cojuangco	Progresista	Tarlac (1st district)	March 13, 1909		Heart attack^[17]
Dimas Guzman	Nacionalista	Isabela (Lone district)	March 18, 1909
Manuel Gavieres^[18]	Nacionalista	Surigao (Lone district)	May 31, 1910
Teofilo Castillejos^[18]	Nacionalista	Batanes (Lone district)	July 22, 1910
Aguedo Velarde^[18]	Nacionalista	Bulacan (1st district)	December 22, 1913
Emilio Acevedo^[18]	Nacionalista	Capiz (2nd district)	July 27, 1914
Melecio Severino	Nacionalista	Negros Occidental (1st district)	May 16, 1915	48^[19]

Member		Province (district)	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Augusto Reyes^[18]	Nacionalista	Cavite (Lone district)	3 July 1925
Antero Soriano	Nacionalista	Cavite (Lone district)	15 June 1929	41	Appendicitis
Froilan Pavericio^[18]	Democrata	Albay (1st district)	9 August 1931
Mariano Leuterio^[18]	Nacionalista	Mindoro (Lone district)	April 23, 1932

Member		Province (district)	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Julio Nalundasan^[20]	Nacionalista	Ilocos Norte (2nd district)	20 September 1935	41	Assassinated
Ruperto Kapunan	Nacionalista	Leyte (5th district)	4 February 1939
Ruperto Montinola^[18]	Nacionalista	Iloilo (2nd district)	10 February 1940	70
Norberto Romualdez	Nacionalista	Leyte (4th district)	November 4, 1941	66	Heart attack
Atanasio Ampig	Nacionalista	Iloilo (3rd district)	December 17, 1941		Died in the sinking of the SS Corregidor during World War II
Juan M. Reyes	Nacionalista	Capiz (3rd district)	December 17, 1941

List of Philippine legislators who died in office

Senate

Insular Senate (1916–1935)

Senate (at-large; 1941–1972, 1987–present)

Lower house

Philippine Assembly (1907–1916)

House of Representatives (1916–1935)

National Assembly (1935–1941)

House of Representatives (1941–1972)

Batasang Pambansa (1978–1986)

House of Representatives (1987–present)

References

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Member		Province/City (district)	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Venancio Yaneza	Independent	Masbate (at-large)	September 9, 1984	46	Stroke
Cesar Climaco	UNIDO	Zamboanga City (at-large)	November 14, 1984	68	Assassinated^[28]
Salipada Pendatun	KBL	Maguindanao (at-large)	January 27, 1985	72	Car accident^[29]

Member		Province/City (district)	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause
Moises Tapia	Independent	Catanduanes (Lone district)	November 15, 1987	51	Plane crash^[30]
Efren Sarte^[18]	Liberal	Albay (3rd district)	July 22, 1988	64
Moises Espinosa	LDP	Masbate (3rd district)	March 17, 1989	55	Assassinated^[31]
Estelita Juco^[32]	Independent	Sectoral (Women and the Disabled)	July 12, 1989	n/a
Rogaciano Mercado	LABAN	Bulacan (4th district)	November 13, 1989	73	Heart attack^[33]
Omar Dianalan	Liberal	Lanao del Sur (1st district)	April 30, 1990
Mario Tagarao^[18]	Liberal	Quezon (2nd district)	April 23, 1990	n/a
Gerardo Roxas Jr.	Liberal	Capiz (1st district)	April 4, 1993	32	Colon cancer^[34]
Joseph Sibug^[35]	Independent	Sectoral (Cultural Minority)	February 14, 1994
Tito Espinosa	Lakas	Masbate (1st district)	February 27, 1995	52	Assassinated^[36]
Catalino Nava	Lakas	Guimaras (Lone district)	December 3, 1995^[37]	n/a
Teodulo Natividad^[18]	LDP	Bulacan (1st district)	January 9, 1997	72	Prostate cancer
Magdaleno Palacol Sr.	Lakas	Laguna (4th district)	1997	78-79	^[38]
Elias Lopez	Lakas	Davao City (3rd district)	September 1997	67	^[39]
Andres Dinglasan Jr.	Independent	Sectoral (Labor)	1997		^[38]
Emigdio Bondoc	Lakas	Pampanga (4th district)	November 25, 1997	69	Car accident^[40]
Percival Catane^[18]	Lakas	Misamis Occidental (1st district)	July 15, 1998
Norma Imperial^[18]	LAMMP	Albay (2nd district)	September 29, 2000
Hilarion Ramiro Jr.	Independent	Misamis Occidental (2nd district)	January 5, 2001	62	Heart attack
Marcial Punzalan Jr.	LAMMP	Quezon (2nd district)	May 12, 2001	54	Assassinated^[41]
Rodolfo Aguinaldo	LAMMP	Cagayan (3rd district)	June 12, 2001	54	Assassinated^[42]
Napoleon Beratio	LDP	Cavite (3rd district)	August 7, 2002	66	Pancreatic cancer^[43]
Reynaldo Calalay	LDP	Quezon City (1st district)	January 11, 2003
Antonio Abaya	Lakas	Isabela (4th district)	February 26, 2003	68	Brain cancer^[44]
Benjamin Cruz^[18]	Butil Farmers Party	Party-list (BUTIL)	October 15, 2004
Romualdo Vicencio^[45]	Lakas	Northern Samar (2nd district)	July 26, 2006	72
Luis Bersamin Jr.	KAMPI	Abra (Lone district)	December 16, 2006	62	Assassinated^[46]
Ernesto Gidaya	Veterans Freedom Party	Party-list (VFP)	January 29, 2007
Antonio Serapio	NPC	Valenzuela City (2nd district)	February 19, 2007	69	Car accident caused by a heart attack^[47]
Wahab Akbar	Lakas	Basilan (Lone district)	November 13, 2007	47	Assassinated in the Batasang Pambansa bombing^[48]
Victor Dominguez	KAMPI	Mountain Province (Lone district)	February 9, 2008	72	Heart attack^[49]
Crispin Beltran	Anakpawis	Party-list (Anakpawis)	May 20, 2008	75	Injuries from a fall^[50]
Danilo Lagbas	Lakas	Misamis Oriental (1st district)	June 8, 2008	56	Heart attack^[51]
Leonila Chavez	Butil Farmers Party	Party-list (BUTIL)	January 28, 2010	75	Stroke^[52]
Jose Yap	Lakas	Tarlac (2nd district)	March 2, 2010	81	Prostate cancer^[53]
Florencio Vargas	Lakas	Cagayan (2nd district)	July 22, 2010	79	Heart attack^[54]
Antonio Diaz	WPP	Zambales (2nd district)	August 3, 2011	83	Pneumonia^[55]
Ignacio Arroyo, Jr.	Lakas	Negros Occidental (5th district)	January 26, 2012	60	Liver cirrhosis^[56]
Salvador Escudero III	Liberal	Sorsogon (1st district)	August 13, 2012	69	Colon cancer^[57]
Erico Aumentado	NPC	Bohol (1st district)	December 25, 2012	72	Pneumonia^[58]