4th Congress of the Philippines

4th Congress of the Philippines
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Overview
Term	January 27, 1958 – December 13, 1961
President	Carlos P. Garcia
Vice President	Diosdado Macapagal
Senate
Members	24
President	Eulogio Rodriguez
President pro tempore	Fernando Lopez
Majority leader	Cipriano Primicias Sr.
Minority leader	Ambrosio Padilla (until January 25, 1960) Ferdinand Marcos (from January 25, 1960)
House of Representatives
Members	102
Speaker	Daniel Romualdez
Speaker pro tempore	Constancio E. Castañeda
Majority leader	Jose M. Aldeguer
Minority leader	Cornelio Villareal

The 4th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino : Ikaapat na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 27, 1958, until December 13, 1961, during the second term of President Carlos P. Garcia.

Sessions

• First Regular Session: January 27 – May 22, 1958
• First Special Session: May 26 – June 7, 1958
• Second Regular Session: January 26 – May 21, 1959
• Second Special Session: June 1 – July 4, 1959
• Third Regular Session: January 25 – May 19, 1960
• Third Special Session: June 14 – July 18, 1960
• Fourth Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1961
• Informal Meeting: July 15, 1961
• Joint Session: December 12–13, 1961

Legislation

The Fourth Congress passed a total of 1,401 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 2050 – 3450)

Leadership

Composition of the Senate during the 4th Congress' 1st and 2nd (left), and 3rd & 4th (right) sessions.

Composition of the House of Representatives during the 4th Congress.

Senate

• President: Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista)
• President pro tempore: Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Cipriano Primicias Sr. (Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader:
  • Ambrosio Padilla (Liberal), until January 25, 1960
  • Ferdinand Marcos (Liberal), from January 25, 1960

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Daniel Romualdez (Leyte–4th, Nacionalista)
• Speaker pro tempore: Constancio E. Castañeda (Tarlac–2nd, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Jose M. Aldeguer (Iloilo–5th, Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader: Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal)

Members

Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

• For senators elected on November 10, 1953: December 30, 1953 – December 30, 1959
• For senators elected on November 8, 1955: December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1961
• For senators elected on November 12, 1957: December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1963
• For senators elected on November 10, 1959: December 30, 1959 – December 30, 1965

Senator	Party		Term ending
Alejandro Almendras [a]		Nacionalista	1965
Domocao Alonto		Nacionalista	1961
Eulogio Balao		Nacionalista	1963
Edmundo B. Cea [b]		Nacionalista	1959
Mariano Jesus Cuenco [c]		Nacionalista	1959, 1965
Rogelio de la Rosa		Liberal	1963
Estanislao Fernandez [a]		Liberal	1965
Ruperto Kangleon [d]		Democratic	1959
Oscar Ledesma		Nacionalista	1963
Roseller T. Lim		Nacionalista	1963
Fernando Lopez [c]		Democratic [e]	1959, 1965
Alejo Mabanag [b]		Nacionalista	1959
Pacita Madrigal-Warns		Nacionalista	1961
Genaro Magsaysay [a]		Nacionalista	1965
Ferdinand Marcos [a]		Liberal	1965
Ambrosio Padilla		Liberal	1963
Quintin Paredes		Nacionalista	1961
Emmanuel Pelaez [b]		Nacionalista	1959
Cipriano Primicias Sr.		Nacionalista	1963
Gil Puyat		Nacionalista	1963
Claro M. Recto [f]		NCP	1961
Soc Rodrigo		Nacionalista	1961
Eulogio Rodriguez [c]		Nacionalista	1959, 1965
Decoroso Rosales		Nacionalista	1961
Pedro Sabido		Nacionalista	1961
Lorenzo Sumulong		Nacionalista	1961
Lorenzo Tañada [c]		NCP	1959, 1965
Arturo Tolentino		Nacionalista	1963

House of Representatives

Fourth Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Lucas P. Paredes		Nacionalista
Agusan	Lone	Guillermo R. Sanchez		Nacionalista
Aklan	Lone	Jose B. Legaspi		Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Tecla San Andres Ziga		Liberal
	2nd	Justino Nuyda		Nacionalista
	3rd	Pio Duran		Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Tobias Fornier		Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Jose R. Nuguid		Nacionalista
Batanes	Lone	Manuel Agudo		Nacionalista
Batangas	1st	Apolinario R. Apacible		Nacionalista
	2nd	Numeriano U. Babao		Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose Laurel IV		Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Natalio P. Castillo [g]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Bartolome Cabangbang		Nacionalista
	3rd	Maximino A. Garcia		Nacionalista
Bukidnon	Lone	Cesar M. Fortich [h]		Nacionalista
Bulacan	1st	Jose Suntay		Liberal
	2nd	Rogaciano M. Mercado		Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Felipe R. Garduque Jr. [i]		Nacionalista
	2nd	Benjamin Ligot		Nacionalista
Camarines Norte	Lone	Pedro Venida		Young Philippines
Camarines Sur	1st	Agaton A. Ursua		Nacionalista
	2nd	Felix Fuentebella		Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Gerry Roxas		Liberal
	2nd	Cornelio Villareal		Liberal
Catanduanes	Lone	Jose M. Alberto		Liberal
Cavite	Lone	Justiniano Montano		Nacionalista
Cebu	1st	Ramon M. Durano		Nacionalista
	2nd	Sergio Osmeña Jr.		Nacionalista
	3rd	Maximino Noel		Nacionalista
	4th	Isidro Kintanar		Nacionalista
	5th	Miguel Cuenco		Nacionalista
	6th	Manuel A. Zosa		Nacionalista
	7th	Antonio de Pio		Nacionalista
Cotabato	Lone	Salipada Pendatun		Nacionalista
Davao	Lone	Gavino R. Sepulveda		Liberal
Ilocos Norte	1st	Antonio Raquiza		Liberal
	2nd	Ferdinand Marcos [j]		Liberal
Ilocos Sur	1st	Faustino B. Tobia		Nacionalista
	2nd	Godofredo S. Reyes [k]		Nacionalista
Iloilo	1st	Pedro G. Trono		Nacionalista
	2nd	Pascual Espinosa		Liberal
	3rd	Domitilo G. Abordo		Nacionalista
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido		Nacionalista
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer		Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Delfin B. Albano		Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Francisco Ortega		Nacionalista
	2nd	Manuel T. Cases		Liberal
Laguna	1st	Jacobo Z. Gonzales		Nacionalista
	2nd	Wenceslao Lagumbay		Nacionalista
Lanao	Lone	Laurentino Ll. Badelles		Nacionalista
Leyte	1st	Marcelino R. Veloso		Nacionalista
	2nd	Dominador M. Tan		Nacionalista
	3rd	Nicanor Yñiguez		Nacionalista
	4th	Daniel Romualdez		Nacionalista
	5th	Alberto T. Aguja		Nacionalista
Manila	1st	Salvador L. Mariño		Liberal
	2nd	Joaquin R. Roces		Nacionalista
	3rd	Ramon Bagatsing		Liberal
	4th	Augusto S. Francisco		Nacionalista
Marinduque	Lone	Francisco M. Lecaroz		Nacionalista
Masbate	Lone	Emilio Espinosa Jr.		Nacionalista
Misamis Occidental	Lone	William Chiongbian		Liberal
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Fausto Dugenio		Nationalist Citizens
Mountain Province	1st	Juan Duyan
	2nd	Ramon P. Mitra
	3rd	Luis Hora
Negros Occidental	1st	Vicente F. Gustilo Sr.		Nacionalista
	2nd	Inocencio V. Ferrer		Nacionalista
	3rd	Agustin M. Gatuslao		Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Lorenzo Teves		Nacionalista
	2nd	Lamberto L. Macias		Nacionalista
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eugenio T. Baltao		Liberal
	2nd	Celestino C. Juan		Nacionalista
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leonardo B. Perez		Nacionalista
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Felipe S. Abeleda		Liberal
Oriental Mindoro	Lone	Conrado M. Morente		Democratic
Palawan	Lone	Gaudencio E. Abordo		Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Francisco Nepomuceno [l]		Liberal
	2nd	Emilio P. Cortez		Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Aguedo F. Agbayani		Nacionalista
	2nd	Angel B. Fernandez		Liberal
	3rd	Cipriano Primicias Jr. [m]		Nacionalista
		Jose D. Parayno [n]		Liberal
	4th	Amadeo J. Perez		Liberal
	5th	Luciano Millan		Nacionalista
Quezon	1st	Manuel S. Enverga		Nacionalista
	2nd	Leon Guinto Jr.		Nacionalista
Rizal	1st	Benedicto Padilla		Liberal
	2nd	Francisco S. Sumulong		Nacionalista
Romblon	Lone	Jose D. Moreno		Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Eladio T. Balite		Nacionalista
	2nd	Valeriano C. Yancha		Nacionalista
	3rd	Felipe J. Abrigo		Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador R. Encinas		Nacionalista
	2nd	Vicente Peralta		Nacionalista
Sulu	Lone	Ombra Amilbangsa		Liberal
Surigao	Lone	Reynaldo P. Honrado		Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Jose Roy		Nacionalista
	2nd	Constancio E. Castañeda		Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Genaro Magsaysay [j]		Nacionalista
Zamboanga del Norte	Lone	Alberto Ubay		Nacionalista
Zamboanga del Sur	Lone	Canuto Enerio		Nacionalista

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1957 Philippine general election
• 1959 Philippine general election

Notes

1. Elected on November 10, 1959 and took office on December 30, 1959.
2. Term ended on December 30, 1959.
3. Re-elected on November 10, 1959.
4. Died on February 27, 1958.
5. Nacionalista from 1959.
6. Died on October 2, 1960.
7. Appointed as Executive Secretary on January 25, 1960.
8. Appointed as Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources on March 3, 1960. Resigned as secretary and reclaimed seat on September 15, 1961.
9. Elected as Governor of Cagayan on November 10, 1959.
10. Elected as Senator of the Philippines on November 10, 1959.
11. Elected as Governor of Ilocos Sur on November 10, 1959.
12. Elected as Governor of Pampanga on November 10, 1959.
13. Removed on June 24, 1960 after an electoral protest.
14. Won an electoral protest on June 24, 1960, replacing Cipriano Primicias Jr..

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.