Isauro Gabaldón

Isauro Gabaldón y González (born Isauro González; December 8, 1875 – December 21, 1942) was a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands serving from 1920 until 1928.

Early life
He was born in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, Philippines on December 8, 1875, and was a Spanish-Filipino mestizo, the illegitimate son of José Gabaldón y Pérez, a Spaniard from Tébar, Cuenca, and of María González y Mendoza, a Filipina native. He was the grandson by paternal side of Lorenzo Gabaldón and Luisa Pérez, and by maternal side of Cosme González and Bárbara Mendoza.

Education and law practice
He attended the public schools in Tebar, Spain, which was his father's hometown.  He studied law in the Universidad Central, in Madrid, Spain and graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippine Islands. He practiced law from 1903 to 1906.

Political career
He was governor of the Province of Nueva Ecija in 1906 and 1912–1916. He was a member of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1911. He served in the Philippine Senate between 1916 and 1919. He was elected as a Nationalist and a Resident Commissioner to the United States in 1920. He was reelected in 1923 and 1925, and served from March 4, 1920, until his resignation effective July 16, 1928, having been nominated for election to the Philippine House of Representatives. He had also been elected in 1925 as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, but did not qualify, preferring to continue as Commissioner until resigning in 1928.

Death
He died on December 21, 1942.

Legacy
Gabaldón gives his name to American-era public elementary schools built through the bills he sponsored.

See also
List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress
List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress
United States Congressional Delegations from Philippines

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