2nd Congress of the Philippines

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

[edit] Legislation

The Second Congress passed a total of 551 laws.

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

President of the Senate:

Mariano Jesus L. Cuenco (LP)

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

Camilo O. Osias (LP), elected April 17, 1952

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

Camilo O. Osias (LP), 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)

[edit] House of Representatives

Speaker:

Eugenio Perez (LP, 2nd District Pangasinan)

Speaker Pro-Tempore:

Domingo Veloso (LP, 2nd District La Union)

Majority Floor Leader:

Raúl Leuterio (LP, Lone District Oriental Mindoro)

Minority Floor Leader:

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

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

1949–1951
Senator	Party	Term Start	Term End
Esteban R. Abada		1949	1955
Melecio Arranz		1946	1951
Jose D. Avelino	LP	1946	1951
Tomas L. Cabili		1949	1955
Tomas V. Confesor^[1]		1946	1951
Mariano Jesus L. Cuenco	LP	1946	1951
Pablo A. David		1947	1953
Teodoro de Vera		1949	1955
Vicente J. Francisco		1946	1951
Carlos P. Garcia	NP	1946	1951
Vicente Madrigal		1947	1953
Enrique B. Magalona		1949	1955
Justiniano S. Montano		1949	1955
Camilo O. Osias		1947	1953
Quintin B. Paredes		1949	1955
Geronima T. Pecson		1947	1953
Macario Peralta, Jr.		1949	1955
Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr.	NP	1947	1953
Vicente Y. Sotto		1946	1951
Lorenzo M. Sumulong		1949	1955
Lorenzo M. Tañada		1947	1953
Emiliano Tria Tirona		1947	1953
Ramon Torres		1946	1951
Vacant^[2]		1947	1953

1. ^ Died on June 5, 1951.

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

1951–1953
Senator	Party	Term Start	Term End
Esteban R. Abada		1949	1955
Manuel C. Briones		1951	1957
Tomas L. Cabili		1949	1955
Pablo A. David		1947	1953
Francisco A. Delgado		1951	1957
Carlos P. Garcia	NP	1951	1957
Jose P. Laurel	NP	1951	1957
Jose C. Locsin		1951	1957
Vicente Madrigal		1947	1953
Enrique B. Magalona		1949	1955
Justiniano S. Montano		1949	1955
Camilo O. Osias	NP	1947	1953
Quintin B. Paredes		1949	1955
Geronima T. Pecson	LP	1947	1953
Macario Peralta, Jr.		1949	1955
Cipriano P. Primicias		1951	1957
Gil J. Puyat		1951	1957
Claro M. Recto^[1]		1949	1955
Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr.	NP	1947	1953
Lorenzo M. Sumulong		1949	1955
Lorenzo M. Tañada	LP	1947	1953
Emiliano Tria Tirona^[2]	LP	1947	1953
Felixberto Verano^[3]	LP	1951	1953
Jose C. Zulueta		1951	1957

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.

[edit] 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	Jose B. Laurel, Jr.
Bohol	1st	Luis T. Clarin
	2nd	Simeon G. Toribio
	3rd	Esteban Bernido
Bukidnon	Lone	Cesar M. Fortich
Bulacan	1st	Florante C. Roque^[1]
	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. Tojong^[2]
	2nd	Vicente Logarta
	3rd	Primitivo Sato^[3]
	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. Zulueta^[4]
	2nd	Pascual Espinosa
	3rd	Patricio V. Confesor
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer
Isabela	Lone	Samuel Reyes
La Union	1st	Miguel Rilloraza, Jr.
La Union	2nd	Manuel T. Cases
Laguna	1st	Manuel Concordia
	2nd	Juan A. Baes^[5]
	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 Atienza^[6]
	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 Molintas^[7]
	2nd	Ramon P. Mitra
	3rd	Gabriel Dunuan
Negros Occidental	1st	Francisco Ferrer
	2nd	Carlos Hilado
	3rd	Augurio M. Abeto^[8]
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 Mindoro^[9]	Lone	Jesus V. Abeleda^[10]
Oriental Mindoro^[9]	Lone	Raúl T. Leuterio^[11]
Palawan	Lone	Gaudencio E. Abordo^[12]
Palawan	Lone	Sofronio Española
Pampanga	1st	Diosdado Macapagal
Pampanga	2nd	Artemio Macalino
Pangasinan	1st	Sulpicio R. Soriano
	2nd	Eugenio Perez
	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 Paz^[13]
	2nd	Isaias R. Salonga^[14]
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 Rasul^[15]
Sulu	Lone	Ombra Amilbangsa
Surigao	Lone	Felixberto Verano^[1]
Tarlac	1st	Jose J. Roy
Tarlac	2nd	Jose Y. Feliciano
Zambales	Lone	Ramon Magsaysay^[16]
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.

[edit] See also

	Legislatures of the Philippines CONGRESS: Senate • House of Representatives Past Legislative Bodies: Malolos Congress (1898–1899) • Philippine Commission (1900–1916) Philippine Assembly (1907–1935) • National Assembly (1935–1946) • Batasang Pambansa (1978–1984)

Legislative Periods
Malolos Congress (1898–1899) 1st Philippine Legislature (1907–1909) 2nd Philippine Legislature (1909–1912) 3rd Philippine Legislature (1912–1916) 4th Philippine Legislature (1916–1919) 5th Philippine Legislature (1919–1922) 6th Philippine Legislature (1922–1925) 7th Philippine Legislature (1925–1928) 8th Philippine Legislature (1928–1931) 9th Philippine Legislature (1931–1934)	10th Philippine Legislature (1934–1935) 1st National Assembly (1935–1938) 2nd National Assembly (1938–1941) 3rd National Assembly (1941–1946) National Assembly (1943–1944) 1st Congress (1946–1949) 2nd Congress (1949–1953) 3rd Congress (1953–1957) 4th Congress (1957–1961) 5th Congress (1961–1965)	6th Congress (1965–1969) 7th Congress (1969–1972) Interim Batasang Pambansa (1978–1984) Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–1986) 8th Congress (1987–1992) 9th Congress (1992–1995) 10th Congress (1995–1998) 11th Congress (1998–2001) 12th Congress (2001–2004) 13th Congress (2004–Present)

[edit] External links

List of Senators. Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.
The LAWPHi'L Project - Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank. Arellano Law Foundation. Retrieved on 2006-09-16.

[edit] Further reading

Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6.
Pobre, Cesar P.. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9.

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2nd Congress of the Philippines

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[edit] Sessions

[edit] Legislation

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Members

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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