4th Philippine Legislature

4th Philippine LegislatureOctober 16, 1916 - March 8, 1919

Governor-General | Francis Burton Harrison
Senate
Senate President | Manuel L. Quezon
Majority leader| Francisco F. Villanueva
Members| 24
House of Representatives
House Speaker| Sergio Osmeña (Nacionalista)
Members| 90

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Joint session of Philippine Legislature, Manila. November 15, 1916

The Fourth Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippine Islands under the sovereign control of the United States from October 16, 1916, to March 8, 1919.

## Sessions[edit]

* First Regular Session: October 16, 1916 – February 8, 1917
* First Special Session: February 12 – 22, 1917
* Second Regular Session: October 16, 1917 – February 8, 1918
* Second Special Session: September 30 – October 2, 1918
* Third Regular Session: October 7, 1918 – February 8, 1919
* Third Special Session: March 1 – 8, 1919

## Legislation[edit]

The Fourth Philippine Legislature passed a total of 204 laws (Act Nos. 2665 – 2868).[1]

## Leadership[edit]

### Senate[edit]

* President: Manuel L. Quezon (5th District, Nacionalista)
* Majority Floor Leader: Francisco Felipe Viillanueva (7th District, Nacionalista)

### House of Representatives[edit]

* Speaker: Sergio Osmeña (Cebu–2nd, Nacionalista)
* Majority Floor Leader: Rafael Alunan (Negros Occidental–3rd, Nacionalista)

## Members[edit]

### Senate[edit]

All elected senators of this Legislature were elected on October 3, 1916 for the following terms, according to their ranking in their senatorial districts:

* For first ranking senators: October 16, 1916 – June 6, 1922
* For second ranking senators: October 16, 1916 – June 3, 1919

Senators of the 12th District were appointed for indefinite terms. Senators of the 12th District were appointed for indefinite terms.

District | Class | Senator | Party

|
|
|

1st District | 1922  | Vicente Singson Encarnacion |  | Progresista
1919  | Juan Villamor |  | Nacionalista
2nd District | 1922  | Pedro Maria Sison |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Aquilino Calvo[a] |  | Nacionalista
Matias Gonzales[b] |  | Nacionalista
3rd District | 1922  | Francisco Tongio Liongson[c] |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Isauro Gabaldon |  | Nacionalista
4th District | 1922  | Rafael Palma |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Pedro Guevara |  | Nacionalista
5th District | 1922  | Manuel L. Quezon |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Vicente Ilustre |  | Independent
6th District | 1922  | Leoncio Imperial |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Mario Guariña |  | Nacionalista
7th District | 1922  | Jose Altavas |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Francisco Felipe Villanueva |  | Nacionalista
8th District | 1922  | Espiridion Guanco |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Manuel Lopez |  | Nacionalista
9th District | 1922  | Esteban Singson |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Jose Maria Veloso |  | Nacionalista
10th District | 1922  | Filemon Sotto |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Celestino Rodriguez |  | Nacionalista
11th District | 1922  | Jose Clarin |  | Nacionalista
1919  | Nicolas Capistrano |  | Nacionalista
12th District | –  | Hadji Butu[d] |  | Nacionalista
–  | Joaquin Luna[d] |  | Nacionalista

### House of Representatives[edit]

Province/City | District | Representative | Party

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Albay | 1st | Domingo Diaz |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Jose O. Vera |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Tomas Luna |  | Progresista
Ambos Camarines | 1st | Gonzalo S. Escalante |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Manuel Rey |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Sulpicio V. Cea |  | Nacionalista
Antique | Lone | Ramon Maza |  | Nacionalista
Bataan | Lone | Maximino de los Reyes |  | Nacionalista
Batanes | Lone | Juan G. Castillejos |  | Nacionalista
Batangas | 1st | Ramon Diokno |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Pablo Borbon |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Benito Reyes Katigbak |  | Nacionalista
Bohol | 1st | Celestino Gallares |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Macario Lumain |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Filomeno Orbeta Caseñas |  | Nacionalista
Bulacan | 1st | Mariano Escueta |  | Liga Popular
2nd | Ricardo Gonzales Lloret |  | Nacionalista
Cagayan | 1st | Vicente T. Fernandez |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Miguel Concepcion Nava |  | Nacionalista
Capiz | 1st | Antonio Belo |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Leopoldo Mobo Alba |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Leonardo Festin |  | Progresista
Cavite | Lone | Emiliano Tria Tirona |  | Democrata
Cebu | 1st | Jose Hernaez |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Sergio Osmeña |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Vicente Urgello |  | Nacionalista
4th | Alejandro Ruiz |  | Nacionalista
5th | Mariano Jesus Cuenco |  | Nacionalista
6th | Miguel Raffiñan |  | Nacionalista
7th | Tomas N. Alonso |  | Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte | 1st | Vicente T. Llanes |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Melchor Flor |  | Progresista
Ilocos Sur | 1st | Alberto Reyes |  | Progresista
2nd | Ponciano Morales |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Eustaquio Purugganan |  | Nacionalista
Iloilo | 1st | Jose Maria Arroyo |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Cresenciano Lozano |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Nicanor Gregorius |  | Progresista
4th | Tiburcio Lutero |  | Progresista
5th | Juan de Leon |  | Progresista
Isabela | Lone | Mauro Verzosa |  | Nacionalista
La Laguna | 1st | Feliciano Gomez |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Crisanto M. Guysayko |  | Nacionalista
La Union | 1st | Juan T. Lucero |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Valerio M. Fontanilla |  | Independent
Leyte | 1st | Manuel Veloso |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Dalmacio Costas |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Segundo Apostol |  | Nacionalista
4th | Ruperto Kapunan |  | Progresista
Manila | 1st | Antonio Montenegro |  | Democrata
2nd | Luciano de la Rosa |  | Democrata
Mindanao and Sulu | Lone | Rafael Acuña[d] |  | Nacionalista
Datu Benito[d] |  | Independent
Pablo Lorenzo[d] |  | Nacionalista
Teodoro Palma Gil[d] |  | Nacionalista
Datu Piang[d] |  | Independent
Mindoro | Lone | Mariano P. Leuterio |  | Nacionalista
Misamis | 1st | Gregorio Borromeo |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Ramon Neri |  | Nacionalista
Mountain Province | Lone | Rafael Bulayungan[d] |  | Nacionalista
Juan Cariño[d] |  | Nacionalista
Valentin Manglapus[d] |  | Nacionalista
Negros Occidental | 1st | Lope B. Severino |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Rafael R. Alunan |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Gil Montilla |  | Nacionalista
Negros Oriental | 1st | Restituto Villegas |  | Progresista
2nd | Felipe Tayko |  | Progresista
Nueva Ecija | Lone | Isidro Gonzales |  | Nacionalista
Nueva Vizcaya | Lone | Wenceslao Valera[d] |  | Nacionalista
Palawan | Lone | Manuel Sandoval |  | Nacionalista
Pampanga | 1st | Eduardo Gutierrez David |  | Progresista
2nd | Pedro Abad Santos |  | Nacionalista
Pangasinan | 1st | Modesto Sison |  | Progresista
2nd | Aquilino Banaag |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Teodoro I. Gomez |  | Nacionalista
4th | Alejandro de Guzman |  | Nacionalista
5th | Bernabe de Guzman |  | Nacionalista
Rizal | 1st | Arcadio Santos |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Eugenio Santos |  | Progresista
Samar | 1st | Pedro K. Mendiola |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Pastor Salazar |  | Nacionalista
3rd | Jose Lugay Raquel |  | Nacionalista
Sorsogon | 1st | Manuel Escudero |  | Independent
2nd | Amancio Aguilar |  | Nacionalista
Surigao | Lone | Eusebio Tiongko |  | Nacionalista
Tarlac | 1st | Luis Morales |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Cayetano Rivera |  | Independent
Tayabas | 1st | Alfonso M. Recto |  | Nacionalista
2nd | Gregorio Nieva |  | Nacionalista
Zambales | Lone | Guillermo Pablo |  | Nacionalista

## See also[edit]

* Congress of the Philippines
* Senate of the Philippines
* House of Representatives of the Philippines

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Resigned on February 20, 1917 upon appointment as Governor of Mountain Province.
2. ^ Elected on May 5, 1917.
3. ^ Died on February 20, 1919.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Appointed.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Senate Diary, 4th Philippine Legislature (written in Spanish), October 23, 1916, p32. Adams Building, US Library of Congress, from research of Dr. Abraham T. Rasul, Jr, Washington DC

## External links[edit]

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

## Further reading[edit]

* 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.

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