2nd Congress of the Philippines

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The Second Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from December 30, 1949, until December 8, 1953.

Sessions

- First Special Session: December 30, 1949 – January 5, 1950
First Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1950
- Second Special Session: August 1–25, 1950
- Third Special Session: December 4, 1950 – January 6, 1951
- Fourth Special Session: January 8–19, 1951
Second Regular Session: January 22 – May 17, 1951
- Fifth Special Session: May 21–29, 1951
Third Regular Session: January 28 – May 22, 1952
- Sixth Special Session: June 23 – July 15, 1952
- Seventh Special Session: November 4–8, 1952
Fourth Regular Session: January 26, 1953 – May 21, 1953
- Joint Session: December 8, 1953

Legislation

The Second Congress passed a total of 551 laws.

Leadership

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

Composition of the House of Representatives during the 2nd Congress.

Senate

President of the Senate:

Mariano Jesús L. Cuenco (LP)

Quintin B. Paredes (LP), elected March 5, 1952

Camilo O. Osías (NP), elected April 17, 1952

Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. (NP), elected April 30, 1952

Camilo O. Osías (NP), elected April 17, 1953

Jose C. Zulueta (NP), elected April 30, 1953

Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. (NP), elected May 20, 1953

Senate President Pro-Tempore:

Quintin B. Paredes (LP)

Esteban R. Abada (LP), elected March 5, 1952

Manuel C. Briones (LP), elected May 7, 1952

Jose C. Zulueta (NP), elected April 17, 1953

Manuel C. Briones (LP), elected April 30, 1953

Majority Floor Leader:

Tomas L. Cabili (LP)

Minority Floor Leader:

Carlos P. Garcia (NP)

House of Representatives

Speaker:

Eugenio Pérez (LP, 2nd District Pangasinan)

Speaker Pro-Tempore:

Domingo Veloso (LP, 2nd District Leyte)

Majority Floor Leader:

Raúl Leuterio (LP, Lone District Oriental Mindoro)

Minority Floor Leader:

José B. Laurel, Jr. (NP, 3rd District Batangas)

Members

Senate

First Session to Second Session
Senator		Party^a	Term Start	Term End
	Esteban R. Abada	LP	1949	1955
	Melecio Arranz	LP	1946	1951
	José D. Avelino	LP	1946	1951
	Tomas L. Cabili	LP	1949	1955
	Tomas V. Confesor²	NP	1946	1951
	Mariano Jesús L. Cuenco	LP	1946	1951
	Pablo A. David	LP	1947	1953
	Teodoro de Vera	LP	1949	1955
	Vicente J. Francisco	LP	1946	1951
	Carlos P. Garcia	NP	1946	1951
	Vicente Madrigal	LP	1947	1953
	Enrique B. Magalona	LP	1949	1955
	Justiniano S. Montano	LP	1949	1955
	Camilo O. Osías	NP	1947	1953
	Quintin B. Paredes	LP	1949	1955
	Geronima T. Pecson	LP	1947	1953
	Macario Peralta, Jr.	LP	1949	1955
	Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr.	NP	1947	1953
	Vicente Y. Sotto¹	PF	1946	1951
	Lorenzo M. Sumulong	LP	1949	1955
	Lorenzo M. Tañada	LP	1947	1953
	Emiliano Tria Tirona	LP	1947	1953
	Ramon Torres	LP	1946	1951
	Vacant³		1947	1953

^a Party affiliation at the time of their election.

LP – Liberal Party

NP – Nacionalista Party

PF – Popular Front

^1 Died on July 16, 1950

^2 Died on June 5, 1951.

^3 Vacant after election of Fernando Lopez as Vice President in 1949.

Third Session to Fourth Session
Senator		Party^a	Term Start	Term End
	Esteban R. Abada	LP	1949	1955
	Manuel C. Briones	NP	1951	1957
	Tomas L. Cabili	LP	1949	1955
	Pablo A. David	LP	1947	1953
	Francisco A. Delgado	NP	1951	1957
	Carlos P. Garcia	NP	1951	1957
	José P. Laurel	NP	1951	1957
	Jose C. Locsin	NP	1951	1957
	Vicente Madrigal	LP	1947	1953
	Enrique B. Magalona	LP	1949	1955
	Justiniano S. Montano	LP	1949	1955
	Camilo O. Osías	NP	1947	1953
	Quintin B. Paredes	LP	1949	1955
	Geronima T. Pecson	LP	1947	1953
	Macario Peralta, Jr.	LP	1949	1955
	Cipriano P. Primicias, Sr.	NP	1951	1957
	Gil J. Puyat	NP	1951	1957
	Claro M. Recto¹	NP	1949	1955
	Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr.	NP	1947	1953
	Lorenzo M. Sumulong	LP	1949	1955
	Lorenzo M. Tañada	LP	1947	1953
	Emiliano T. Tirona²	LP	1947	1953
	Felixberto Verano³	NP	1951	1953
	Jose C. Zulueta	NP	1951	1957

^a Party affiliation at the time of their election.

^1 Assumed seat only on April 3, 1953, after winning protest before the Senate Electoral Tribunal replacing Teodoro de Vera.

^2 Died on April 8, 1952.

^3 Elected on November 13, 1951, to complete the unexpired term of Fernando Lopez.

House of Representatives

Second Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative
Abra	Lone	Virgilio Valera
Agusan	Lone	Marcos M. Calo
Albay	1st	Lorenzo P. Ziga
	2nd	Justino Nuyda
	3rd	Pio Duran
Antique	Lone	Tobias Fornier
Bataan	Lone	Medina Lacson De Leon
Batanes	Lone	Jorge A. Abad
Batangas	1st	Apolinario R. Apacible
	2nd	Numeriano U. Babao
	3rd	José B. Laurel, Jr.
Bohol	1st	Luis T. Clarin
	2nd	Simeon G. Toribio
	3rd	Esteban Bernido
Bukidnon	Lone	Cesar M. Fortich
Bulacan	1st	Florante C. Roque¹
	1st	Erasmo Cruz
	2nd	Alejo S. Santos
Cagayan	1st	Domingo S. Siazon
Cagayan	2nd	Paulino A. Alonzo
Camarines Norte	Lone	Esmeraldo Eco
Camarines Sur	1st	Emilio M. Tible
Camarines Sur	2nd	Edmundo B. Cea
Capiz	1st	Ramon A. Arnaldo
	2nd	Cornelio T. Villareal
	3rd	Godofredo P. Ramos
Catanduanes	Lone	Severiano P. De Leon
Cavite	Lone	Manuel S. Rojas
Cebu	1st	Ramon M. Durano
	2nd	Leandro A. Tojong²
	2nd	Vicente Logarta
	3rd	Primitivo Sato³
	4th	Filomeno C. Kintanar
	5th	Miguel Cuenco
	6th	Manuel A. Zosa
	7th	Nicolas G. Escario
Cotabato	Lone	Datu Blah T. Sinsuat
Davao	Lone	Ismael L. Veloso
Ilocos Norte	1st	Antonio V. Raquiza
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Ferdinand E. Marcos
Ilocos Sur	1st	Floro Crisologo
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Ricardo Gacula
Iloilo	1st	Jose C. Zulueta⁴
	2nd	Pascual Espinosa
	3rd	Patricio V. Confesor
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer
Isabela	Lone	Samuel Formoso Reyes
La Union	1st	Miguel Rilloraza, Jr.
La Union	2nd	Manuel T. Cases
Laguna	1st	Manuel Concordia
	2nd	Juan A. Baes⁵
	2nd	Estanislao A. Fernandez, Jr.
Lanao	Lone	Mohamad Ali B. Dimaporo
Leyte	1st	Mateo Canonoy
	2nd	Domingo Veloso
	3rd	Francisco M. Pajao
	4th	Daniel Z. Romualdez
	5th	Atilano R. Cinco
Manila	1st	Engracio Clemeña
	2nd	Arsenio H. Lacson
	3rd	Arturo M. Tolentino
	4th	Hermenegildo Atienza⁶
	4th	Gavino Viola Fernando
Marinduque	Lone	Panfilo M. Manguera
Masbate	Lone	Emilio B. Espinosa
Misamis Occidental	Lone	Porfirio G. Villarin
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Emmanuel N. Pelaez
Mountain Province	1st	Antonio Canao
	2nd	Dennis Molintas⁷
	2nd	Ramon P. Mitra
	3rd	Gabriel Dunuan
Negros Occidental	1st	Francisco Ferrer
	2nd	Carlos Hilado
	3rd	Augurio M. Abeto⁸
Negros Oriental	1st	Pedro A. Bandoquillo
Negros Oriental	2nd	Enrique Medina
Nueva Ecija	1st	Jose O. Corpus
Nueva Ecija	2nd	Jesus Ilagan
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leon Cabarroguis
Occidental Mindoro⁹	Lone	Jesus V. Abeleda¹⁰
Oriental Mindoro⁹	Lone	Raúl T. Leuterio¹¹
Palawan	Lone	Gaudencio E. Abordo¹²
Palawan	Lone	Sofronio Española
Pampanga	1st	Diosdado Macapagal
Pampanga	2nd	Artemio Macalino
Pangasinan	1st	Sulpicio R. Soriano
	2nd	Eugenio Pérez
	3rd	Jose L. De Guzman
	4th	Amadeo J. Perez
	5th	Cipriano S. Allas
Quezon	1st	Narciso H. Umali
Quezon	2nd	Gaudencio V. Vera
Rizal	1st	Eulogio Rodriguez, Jr.
	2nd	Emilio de la Paz¹³
	2nd	Isaias R. Salonga¹⁴
Romblon	Lone	Florencio Moreno
Samar	1st	Agripino Escareal
	2nd	Tito V. Tizon
	3rd	Gregorio B. Abogado
Sorsogon	1st	Modesto Galias
Sorsogon	2nd	Tomas Clemente
Sulu	Lone	H. Gulamu Rasul¹⁵
Sulu	Lone	Ombra Amilbangsa
Surigao	Lone	Felixberto Verano⁴
Tarlac	1st	Jose J. Roy
Tarlac	2nd	Jose Y. Feliciano
Zambales	Lone	Ramon Magsaysay¹⁶
Zambales	Lone	¹⁴
Zamboanga	Lone	Roseller T. Lim

^1 Replaced by Erasmo Cruz as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on May 4, 1953.

^2 Replaced by Vicente Logarta as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on December 6, 1952.

^3 Unseated by House Electoral Tribunal on November 22, 1952.

^4 Elected to the Senate on November 13, 1951.

^5 Replaced by Estanislao A. Fernandez, Jr. as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on December 27, 1951.

^6 Replaced by Gavino Viola Fernando as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on .

^7 Replaced by Ramon P. Mitra as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on September 25, 1951.

^8 Unseated by House Electoral Tribunal on March 6, 1953.

^9 Mindoro Province divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro on June 13, 1950.

^10 Elected as in a special election on November 13, 1951.

^11 Elected as representative of Mindoro Province in the 1949 Elections, automatically became representative of Oriental Mindoro as per Sec. 6 of RA No. 505.

^12 Replaced by Sofronio Española as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on March 6, 1953.

^13 Died in office.

^14 Elected as in a special election on November 13, 1951, to complete unexpired term of predecessor.

^15 Replaced by Ombra Amilbangsa as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on May 5, 1951.

^16 Appointed Secretary of National Defense on September 1, 1950.

External links

"List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
"The LAWPHi'L Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006.

Legislative periods of the Philippines

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Revolutionary Period	Malolos Congress (1898–99)

American Period	1st Philippine Commission (1899–1900) 2nd Philippine Commission (1900–07) 1st Philippine Legislature (1907–09) 2nd Philippine Legislature (1909–12) 3rd Philippine Legislature (1912–16) 4th Philippine Legislature (1916–19) 5th Philippine Legislature (1919–22) 6th Philippine Legislature (1922–25) 7th Philippine Legislature (1925–28) 8th Philippine Legislature (1928–31) 9th Philippine Legislature (1931–34) 10th Philippine Legislature (1934–35)

Commonwealth	1st National Assembly (1935–1938) 2nd National Assembly (1938–1941)

Second Philippine Republic	National Assembly (1943–44)

Commonwealth	1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1945) 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1946)

Third Philippine Republic	1st Congress (1946–49) 2nd Congress (1949–53) 3rd Congress (1954–57) 4th Congress (1958–61) 5th Congress (1962–65) 6th Congress (1966–69) 7th Congress (1970–72)

Fourth Philippine Republic	Interim Batasang Pambansa (1978–84) Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–86)

Fifth Philippine Republic	8th Congress (1987–92) 9th Congress (1992–95) 10th Congress (1995–98) 11th Congress (1998–2001) 12th Congress (2001–04) 13th Congress (2004–07) 14th Congress (2007–10) 15th Congress (2010–13) 16th Congress (2013–16) 17th Congress (2016–19) 18th Congress (2019–20)

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2nd Congress of the Philippines

Sessions

Legislation

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

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