2nd Philippine Legislature

2nd Philippine Legislature
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Overview
Term	March 28, 1910 – February 6, 1912
Governor-General	William Cameron Forbes
Philippine Commission
Members	9
President	William Cameron Forbes
Philippine Assembly
Members	81
Speaker	Sergio Osmeña
Majority leader	Alberto Barretto (until July 20, 1911)

The 2nd Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from March 28, 1910, to February 6, 1912.

Sessions

• First Special Session: March 28 – April 19, 1910
• First Regular Session: October 17, 1910 – February 3, 1911
• Second Regular Session: October 16, 1911 – February 1, 1912
• Second Special Session: February 2 – 6, 1912

Legislation

The Second Philippine Legislature passed a total of 221 laws (Act Nos. 1971–2191)

Leadership

Philippine Commission

• Governor-General and President of the Philippine Commission: William Cameron Forbes
• Vice-Governor: Newton W. Gilbert, from February 15, 1910
• Secretary of Finance and Justice: Gregorio S. Araneta
• Secretary of the Interior: Dean Conant Worcester
• Secretary of Commerce and Police: Charles B. Elliott, from February 15, 1910
• Secretary of Public Instruction: Newton W. Gilbert

Philippine Assembly

• Speaker: Sergio Osmeña (Cebu–2nd, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Alberto Barreto (Zambales, Nacionalista), until July 20, 1911

Members

Philippine Commission

• Gregorio S. Araneta
• Frank A. Branagan
• Charles B. Elliott ^[a]
• William Cameron Forbes
• Newton W. Gilbert
• Jose de Luzuriaga
• Rafael Palma
• Juan Sumulong
• Dean Conant Worcester

Sources:

• Colby, Frank Moore (1911). The New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World's Progress for the Year 1910. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the Second Session of the First Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1910.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being A Special Session, March 28, 1910, to April 19, 1910, and the First Session, October 17, 1910, to February 3, 1911, of the Second Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1911.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the Second Session, October 16, 1911, to February 1, 1912, and A Special Session, February 2, 1912, to February 6, 1912, of the Second Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1912.

Philippine Assembly

Province/City	District	Member	Party
Albay	1st	Marcial Calleja		Progresista
	2nd	Silvino Brimbuela		Progresista
	3rd	Felix Samson		Nacionalista
Ambos Camarines	1st	Tomas Arejola		Nacionalista
	2nd	Fulgencio Contreras		Progresista
	3rd	Jose Fuentebella		Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Angel Salazar		Progresista
Bataan	Lone	Tomas del Rosario		Progresista
Batanes	Lone	Teofilo Castillejos [b]		Nacionalista
		Vicente Barsana [c]		Progresista
Batangas	1st	Galicano Apacible		Nacionalista
	2nd	Florencio R. Caedo		Progresista
	3rd	Teodoro Kalaw		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Candelario Borja		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Clarin		Nacionalista
	3rd	Eutiquio Boyles		Independent
Bulacan	1st	Hermogenes Reyes		Nacionalista
	2nd	Mariano Ponce		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Venancio Concepcion		Nacionalista
	2nd	Leoncio Fonacier		Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Rafael Acuña		Nacionalista
	2nd	Leocadio Pajarillo		Independent
	3rd	Braulio C. Manican		Nacionalista
Cavite	Lone	Emiliano Tria Tirona		Independent
Cebu	1st	Celestino Rodriguez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Sergio Osmeña		Nacionalista
	3rd	Filemon Sotto		Nacionalista
	4th	Alejandro Ruiz		Nacionalista
	5th	Troadio Galicano		Nacionalista
	6th	Vicente Lozada		Nacionalista
	7th	Eulalio E. Causing		Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte	1st	Ireneo Javier		Nacionalista
	2nd	Lucas Paredes		Nacionalista
Ilocos Sur	1st	Vicente Singson Encarnacion		Progresista
	2nd	Jose Maria de Valle		Progresista
	3rd	Juan Villamor		Nacionalista
Iloilo	1st	Francisco Felipe Villanueva		Progresista
	2nd	Carlos Ledesma		Progresista
	3rd	Jose Lopez Vito		Progresista
	4th	Espiridion Guanco		Nacionalista
	5th	Ramon Lopez		Progresista
Isabela	Lone	Eliseo Claravall		Progresista
La Laguna	1st	Potenciano Malvar [d]		Nacionalista
		Marcos Paulino [e]		Progresista
	2nd	Pedro Guevara		Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Joaquin Luna		Nacionalista
	2nd	Anacleto Diaz		Nacionalista
Leyte	1st	Estanislao Granados		Nacionalista
	2nd	Francisco Zialcita		Liga Popular
	3rd	Abdon Marchadesch		Independent
	4th	Jaime C. de Veyra		Nacionalista
Manila	1st	Justo Lukban [f]		Liga Popular
		Dominador Gomez [g]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Pablo Ocampo		Nacionalista
Mindoro	Lone	Macario Adriatico		Nacionalista
Misamis	1st	Leon Borromeo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Nicolas Capistrano		Nacionalista
Negros Occidental	1st	Jose Lopez Villanueva		Nacionalista
	2nd	Manuel Fernandez Yanson		Progresista
	3rd	Rafael Ramos		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Hermenegildo Villanueva		Progresista
	2nd	Teofisto Guingona Sr.		Progresista
Nueva Ecija	Lone	Isauro Gabaldon		Nacionalista
Palawan	Lone	Manuel Sandoval		Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Monico R. Mercado		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jacobo Fajardo		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Cirilo Braganza		Nacionalista
	2nd	Mariano Padilla		Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose T. Pecson		Nacionalista
	4th	Joaquin Balmori		Progresista
	5th	Domingo Patajo		Independent
Rizal	1st	Jose Lino Luna		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Tupas		Progresista
Samar	1st	Vicente M. Obieta		Nacionalista
	2nd	Benito Azanza		Nacionalista
	3rd	Eladio Cinco		Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Leoncio Grajo		Nacionalista
	2nd	Jose Zurbito		Nacionalista
Surigao	Lone	Manuel G. Gavieres [h]		Nacionalista
		Inocencio Cortes [i]		Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Mauricio Ilagan		Nacionalista
	2nd	Marciano Barrera		Nacionalista
Tayabas	1st	Filemon Perez		Nacionalista
	2nd	Gregorio Nieva		Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Alberto Barreto [j]		Nacionalista
		Gabriel Alba [k]		Nacionalista

See also

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

Notes

1. Took office as commissioner and concurrent Secretary of Commerce and Police on February 15, 1910, succeeding William Cameron Forbes who took office as Governor-General of the Philippines on November 11, 1909.
2. Died on July 22, 1910.
3. Elected in a special election on January 4, 1911, succeeding Teofilo Castillejos.
4. Appointed as Governor of La Laguna on October 1, 1910.
5. Elected in a special election on December 13, 1910, succeeding Potenciano Malvar.
6. Election nullified on January 26, 1911 due to lack of residency.
7. Won an electoral protest on January 26, 1911, replacing Justo Lukban.
8. Died on May 31, 1910.
9. Elected in a special election on October 14, 1910, succeeding Manuel G. Gavieres.
10. Appointed as judge of the Court of First Instance for the Fifth Judicial District on July 20, 1911.
11. Elected in a special election on October 3, 1911, succeeding Alberto Barreto.

External links

• "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

• 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.