1st Philippine Legislature

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The First Philippine Legislature was the first representative legislature of the Philippines, then known as the Philippine Islands under the sovereign control of the United States.

Contents 1 Sessions 2 Legislation 2.1 Major legislation 3 Leadership 3.1 Philippine Commission 3.2 Philippine Assembly 4 Members 4.1 Philippine Commission 4.2 Philippine Assembly 5 References 6 See also 7 External links 8 Further reading

[edit] Sessions

• First Regular Session: October 16, 1907– April 4, 1908
  • First Special Session: May 22 – June 19, 1908
• Second Regular Session: February 1 – May 20, 1909

[edit] Legislation

The First Philippine Legislature passed a total of 170 laws (Act Nos. 1801-1970)

[edit] Major legislation

• Act No. 1801 — Gabaldon Act

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Philippine Commission

• Governor-General:

James Francis Smith

William Cameron Forbes, appointed on November 11, 1909^[1]

[edit] Philippine Assembly

• Speaker: Sergio Osmeña (Nacionalista, 2nd District Cebu)
• Majority Floor Leader: Manuel L. Quezon (Nacionalista, 1st District Tayabas)
• Minority Floor Leader: Vicente Singson Encarnacion (Progresista, 1st District Ilocos Sur)

[edit] Members

[edit] Philippine Commission

Filipino Members Gregorio Araneta Benito Legarda [1] Jose Luzuriaga Rafael Palma Trinidad Pardo H. de Tavera [2] Juan Sumulong 1. ^  Resigned on December 21, 1907. 2. ^  Resigned on March 1, 1909.

American Members William Cameron Forbes Bernard Moses [1] James Francis Smith [2] W. Morgan Shuster Dean C. Worcester 1. ^  Resigned on June 30, 1908. 2. ^  Resigned on November 11, 1909.

[edit] Philippine Assembly

Province	District	Representative
Albay	1st	Tomas Almonte
	2nd	Carlos Imperial
	3rd	Angel Roco
Ambos Camarines	1st	Tomas N. Arejola
	2nd	Manuel Rey
	3rd	Francisco Alvarez
Antique	Lone	Pedro V. Jimenez
Bataan	Lone	Jose Ma. Lerma
Batangas	1st	Felipe Agoncillo
	2nd	Eusebio Orense
	3rd	Gregorio Katigbak
Bohol	1st	Candelario Borja
	2nd	Jose A. Clarin
	3rd	Eustaquio Boyles
Bulacan	1st	Aguedo Velarde
	2nd	Leon Ma. Guerrero
Cagayan	1st	Pablo Guzman
	2nd	Gabriel Lasam
Capiz	1st	Eugenio Picazo
	2nd	Jose Altavas
	3rd	Simeon Mobo
Cavite	Lone	Rafael Palma
Cebu	1st	Celestino Rodriguez
	2nd	Sergio Osmeña
	3rd	Filemon Sotto
	4th	Alejandro Ruiz
	5th	Troadio Galicano
	6th	Casiano Causing
	7th	Pedro Rodriguez
Ilocos Norte	1st	Ireneo Javier
	2nd	Baldomero Pobre
Ilocos Sur	1st	Vicente Singson Encarnacion
	2nd	Maximino Mina
	3rd	Juan Villamor
Iloilo	1st	Amando Avanceña
	2nd	Nicolas Jalandoni
	3rd	Salvador Laguda
	4th	Adriano Hernandez
	5th	Regino Dorillo
Isabela	Lone	Dimas Guzman
La Union	1st	Andres Asprer
	2nd	Francisco Zandueta
Laguna	1st	Pedro A. Paterno
	2nd	Crispin Oben
Leyte	1st	Quiremon Alkuino
	2nd	Salvador K. Demetrio
	3rd	Florentino Peñaranda
	4th	Jaime C. De Veyra
Manila*	1st	Dominador Gomez
	2nd	Fernando Ma. Guerrero
Mindoro	Lone	Macario Adriatico
Misamis	1st	Carlos Corrales
	2nd	Manuel Corrales
Negros Occidental	1st	Antonio Jaime
	2nd	Dionisio Mapa
	3rd	Agustin Montilla
Negros Oriental	1st	Leopoldo Rovira
	2nd	Vicente Locsin
Nueva Ecija	Lone	Isauro Gabaldon
Palawan	Lone	Santiago A. Paterno
Pampanga	1st	Monico R. Mercado
	2nd	Marcelino Aguas
Pangasinan	1st	Nicanor Padilla
	2nd	Deogracias Reyes
	3rd	Juan Alvear
	4th	Lorenzo Penoy
	5th	Matias Gonzales
Rizal	1st	Cayetano Lukban
	2nd	Bartolome Revilla
Samar	1st	Honorio Rosales
	2nd	Luciano Sinko
	3rd	Eugenio D. Daza
Sorsogon	1st	Vicente de Vera
	2nd	Pedro Chavez
Surigao	Lone	Francisco Soriano
Tarlac	1st	Melecio Cojuangco
	2nd	Aurelio Pineda
Tayabas	1st	Manuel L. Quezon
	2nd	Emiliano A. Gala
Zambales	Lone	Alberto Barreto

[edit] References

[edit] See also

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

[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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