2nd Congress of the Philippines

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.

2nd Congress of the Philippines

December 30, 1949 – December 8, 1953
President	Elpidio Quirino Ramon Magsaysay
Vice President	Carlos P. García
Senate
Senate President	Mariano Jesús Cuenco Quintin B. Paredes Camilo Osías Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. Camilo Osías José Zulueta Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr.
Senate President pro tempore	Quintin B. Paredes Esteban R. Abada Manuel C. Briones José Zulueta Manuel C. Briones
Majority leader	Tomas L. Cabili
Minority leader	Carlos P. Garcia
House of Representatives
House Speaker	Eugenio Perez
Majority leader	Raúl Leuterio
Minority leader	José B. Laurel, Jr.
◀ 1st (1946) 3rd (1954) ▶

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   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. Sotto^1 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 Vacant^3 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. Recto^1 NP 1949 1955   Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. NP 1947 1953   Lorenzo M. Sumulong LP 1949 1955   Lorenzo M. Tañada LP 1947 1953   Emiliano T. Tirona^2 LP 1947 1953   Felixberto Verano^3 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. Roque^1
		Erasmo Cruz
	2nd	Alejo S. Santos
Cagayan	1st	Domingo S. Siazon
	2nd	Paulino A. Alonzo
Camarines Norte	Lone	Esmeraldo Eco
Camarines Sur	1st	Emilio M. Tible
	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
		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
	2nd	Ferdinand E. Marcos
Ilocos Sur	1st	Floro Crisologo
	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 Formoso Reyes
La Union	1st	Miguel Rilloraza, Jr.
	2nd	Manuel T. Cases
Laguna	1st	Manuel Concordia
	2nd	Juan A. Baes^5
		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
		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
		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
	2nd	Enrique Medina
Nueva Ecija	1st	Jose O. Corpus
	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
		Sofronio Española
Pampanga	1st	Diosdado Macapagal
	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
	2nd	Gaudencio V. Vera
Rizal	1st	Eulogio Rodriguez, Jr.
	2nd	Emilio de la Paz^13
		Isaias R. Salonga^14
Romblon	Lone	Florencio Moreno
Samar	1st	Agripino Escareal
	2nd	Tito V. Tizon
	3rd	Gregorio B. Abogado
Sorsogon	1st	Modesto Galias
	2nd	Tomas Clemente
Sulu	Lone	H. Gulamu Rasul^15
		Ombra Amilbangsa
Surigao	Lone	Felixberto Verano^4
Tarlac	1st	Jose J. Roy
	2nd	Jose Y. Feliciano
Zambales	Lone	Ramon Magsaysay^16
		^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.

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1949 Philippine general election
• 1951 Philippine general election

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.

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.