2nd Congress of the Philippines

The Second Congress of the Philippines was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from December 30, 1949 until December 8, 1953.

essions

**"First Special Session": December 30, 1949 – January 5, 1950
*First Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1950
**"Second Special Session": August 1 – August 25, 1950
**"Third Special Session": December 4, 1950 – January 6, 1951
**"Fourth Special Session": January 8 – January 19, 1951
*Second Regular Session: January 22 – May 17, 1951
**"Fifth Special Session": May 21 – May 29, 1951
*Third Regular Session: January 28 – May 22, 1952
**"Sixth Special Session": June 23 – July 15, 1952
**"Seventh Special Session": November 4 – November 8, 1952
*Fourth Regular Session: January 26, 1953 – May 21, 1953
**Joint Session: December 8, 1953

Legislation

The Second Congress passed a total of 551 laws.

Leadership

enate

*President of the Senate:::Mariano Jesus L. Cuenco (LP)::Quintin B. Paredes (LP), "elected March 5, 1952"::Camilo O. Osias (LP), "elected April 17, 1952"::Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. (NP), "elected April 30, 1952"::Camilo O. Osias (LP), "elected April 17, 1953"::Jose C. Zulueta (NP), "elected April 30, 1953"::Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. (NP), "elected May 20, 1953"
*Senate President Pro-Tempore:::Quintin B. Paredes (LP)::Esteban R. Abada (LP), "elected March 5, 1952"::Manuel C. Briones (LP), "elected May 7, 1952"::Jose C. Zulueta (NP), "elected April 17, 1953"::Manuel C. Briones (LP), "elected April 30, 1953"
*Majority Floor Leader:::Tomas L. Cabili (LP)
*Minority Floor Leader:::Carlos P. Garcia (NP)

House of Representatives

*Speaker:::Eugenio Perez (LP, 2nd District Pangasinan)
*Speaker Pro-Tempore:::Domingo Veloso (LP, 2nd District La Union)
*Majority Floor Leader:::Raúl Leuterio (LP, Lone District Oriental Mindoro)
*Minority Floor Leader:::Jose B. Laurel, Jr. (NP, 3rd District Batangas)

Members

enate

:mnb|party2|a Party affiliation at the time of their election.:mnb|recto|1 Assumed seat only on April 3, 1953, after winning protest before the Senate Electoral Tribunal replacing Teodoro de Vera. :mnb|tirona|2 Died on April 8, 1952.:mnb|verano|3 Elected on November 13, 1951 to complete the unexpired term of Fernando Lopez.

House of Representatives

:mnb|bulacan1|1 Replaced by Erasmo Cruz as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on May 4, 1953.:mnb|cebu1|2 Replaced by Vicente Logarta as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on December 6, 1952.:mnb|cebu2|3 Unseated by House Electoral Tribunal on November 22, 1952.:mnb|senate|4 Elected to the Senate on November 13, 1951.:mnb|laguna|5 Replaced by Estanislao A. Fernandez, Jr. as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on December 27, 1951.:mnb|manila|6 Replaced by Gavino Viola Fernando as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on .:mnb|mtprov|7 Replaced by Ramon P. Mitra as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on September 25, 1951.:mnb|negrosocc|8 Unseated by House Electoral Tribunal on March 6, 1953.:mnb|mindoro|9 Mindoro Province divided into Occidental Mindoro and Oriental Mindoro on June 13, 1950.:mnb|ocmindoro|10 Elected as in a special election on November 13, 1951.:mnb|ormindoro|11 Elected as representative of Mindoro Province in the 1949 Elections, automatically became representative of Oriental Mindoro as per [http://elgu2.ncc.gov.ph/occidentalmindoro/index.php?id1=3&id2=2&id3=0 Sec. 6 of RA No. 505] .:mnb|palawan|12 Replaced by Sofronio Española as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on March 6, 1953.:mnb|rizal1|13 Died in office.:mnb|specialelec|14 Elected as in a special election on November 13, 1951, to complete unexpired term of predecessor.:mnb|sulu|15 Replaced by Ombra Amilbangsa as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on May 5, 1951.:mnb|zambales|16 Appointed Secretary of National Defense on September 1, 1950.

ee also

*Congress of the Philippines
*Senate of the Philippines
*House of Representatives of the Philippines
*Philippine general election, 1949
*Philippine general election, 1951

External links

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Further reading

*Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
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