Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary,statesman,and military leader who is the youngest president of the Philippines (1899–1901) and became the first president of the Philippines and of an Asian constitutional republic. He led the Philippine forces first against Spain in the Philippine Revolution (1896–1898),then in the Spanish–American War (1898),and finally against the United States during the Philippine–American War (1899–1901).
Cavite,officially the Province of Cavite,is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Located on the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest of Manila,it is one of the most industrialized and fastest-growing provinces in the Philippines. As of 2020,it has a population of 4,344,829,making it the most populated province in the country if the independent cities of Cebu are excluded from Cebu's population figure.
Antero Sosa Soriano was a Filipino congressman,senator,and governor of Cavite from Tanza,Cavite.
Mariano Jesús Cuenco y Diosomito was a Filipino politician and writer from Cebu. He was the 4th President of the Senate of the Philippines.
Elections for the members of the Senate were held on November 10,1953 in the Philippines. Incumbent President Elpidio Quirino of the Liberal Party lost his opportunity to get a second full term as President of the Philippines to former Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay of the Nacionalista Party. Quirino's running mate,Senator Jose Yulo lost to Senator Carlos P. Garcia. Vice President Fernando Lopez did not run for re-election and ran for the Senate instead,in which he emerged as the candidate with the most votes. This was the first time that an elected president did not come from the Senate. To further compound the Liberal Party's woes,they also failed to win any seats in the Senate in this election.
General elections were held in the Philippines on November 11,1941. Incumbent President Manuel Luis Quezon won an unprecedented second partial term as President of the Philippines via a landslide. His running mate,Vice President Sergio Osmeña also won via landslide. The elected officials however,did not serve their terms from 1942 to 1945 due to World War II. In 1943,a Japanese-sponsored Republic was established and appointed JoséP. Laurel as president. From 1943 to 1945,the Philippines had two presidents. Quezon died in 1944 due to tuberculosis and was replaced by Sergio Osmeña.
The 1935 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on September 16,1935. This was the first election since the enactment of the Tydings–McDuffie Act,a law that paved the way for a transitory government,as well as the first nationwide at-large election ever held in the Philippines.
Justiniano Solis Montano Sr. was a Filipino politician who was elected for one term to the Philippine Senate and for multiple terms as a member of the House of Representatives.
Quintín Paredes y Babila,often referred to as Quintin Paredes Sr. to distinguish him from his son with the same name,was a Filipino lawyer,politician,and statesman.
León Gawaran Guinto Sr. was a public servant in the Philippines from the Commonwealth period up to the post-war era,best remembered as the war-time Mayor of the City of Greater Manila in the Philippines.
Mariano Trías y Closas is considered to be the first de facto Philippine Vice President of that revolutionary government established at the Tejeros Convention - an assembly of Philippine revolutionary leaders that elected officials of the revolutionary movement against the colonial government of Spain. When that assembly broke into factions,a truce known as the Pact of Biak-na-Bato was signed by the group and also recognized the elected officials and Trias as the vice president of Emilio Aguinaldo,who is also considered to be the first President of the Philippines. With the promulgation of the Malolos Constitution by the Malolos Convention,the First Philippine Republic was born. Under the Aguinaldo administration,Trias served in the cabinet initially as Secretary of Finance and,later,as Secretary of War.
The Preparatory Committee for Philippine Independence or the PCPI was the drafting body of the 1943 Philippine Constitution during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines during World War II. The constitution was signed and unanimously approved on September 4,1943,by its members and was then ratified by a popular convention of the KALIBAPI in Manila on September 7,1943.
Pedro Gil y Hernandez was a Filipino physician,journalist,and legislator. He served in different distinguished roles - as a labor leader,as a doctor of medicine,as a crusading newspaperman,as a social worker,and as a conscientious legislator.
Radial Road 1 (R-1),informally known as the R-1 Road,is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the first arterial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Spanning some 42.67 kilometers (26.51 mi),it connects the cities and municipalities of Bacoor,General Trias,Imus,Kawit,Las Piñas,Manila,Naic,Noveleta,Parañaque,Pasay,and Tanza in Cavite and Metro Manila.
Daniel Tirona y Tria was a Filipino politician. He became infamous for causing divisions within the Philippine revolutionary movement and for insulting and maligning Andres Bonifacio during the Tejeros Convention in 1897.
Rafael Palma y Velásquez was a Filipino politician,Rizalian,writer,educator and a famous Freemason. He was a senator from 1916 to 1921 and was the fourth president of the University of the Philippines.
Election to the Senate were held on November 11,1941 in the Philippines. The Senate was re-instituted after amendments to the constitution restored the bicameral legislature last used in 1935.
JoséTria Fuentebella,widely known as "Pepe",was a Filipino politician. He is the first Fuentebella to foray into the national arena of politics.
Juan Bautista Alegre y Levantino was a Filipino statesman,a delegate of the first Philippine Independence Mission of 1919 to Washington,D.C.,Secretary of the National Committee of the Philippine Independence Commission of 1922,a member of the first Philippine Independence Congress of 1930,and Senator of the Philippines.
Francisco C. Zulueta was a Filipino judge and senator. He also served as Secretary of the Interior of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
