2nd Congress of the Philippines
# 2nd Congress of the Philippines

The 2nd Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from December 30, 1949, until December 8, 1953, during the second term of President Elpidio Quirino.

## Sessions

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

### Senate

* President of the Senate:

       Mariano Jesús L. Cuenco (LP)
       Quintin B. Paredes (LP), elected March 5, 1952
       Camilo O. Osías (NP), elected April 17, 1952
       Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. (NP), elected April 30, 1952
       Camilo O. Osías (NP), 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 Pérez (LP, 2nd District Pangasinan)
* Speaker Pro-Tempore:

       Domingo Veloso (LP, 2nd District Leyte)
* Majority Floor Leader:

       Raúl Leuterio (LP, Lone District Oriental Mindoro)
* Minority Floor Leader:

       José B. Laurel, Jr. (NP, 3rd District Batangas)

## Members

### Senate

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

* For senators elected on April 23, 1946: May 25, 1946 – December 30, 1951
* For senators elected on November 11, 1947: December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1953
* For senators elected on November 8, 1949: December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1955
* For senators elected on November 13, 1951: December 30, 1951 – December 30, 1957

| Senator | Party | Term expiry | In office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Esteban Abada | Liberal | 1955 | 1949–1954 |
| Pablo Angeles David | Liberal | 1953 | 1947–1953 |
| Melecio Arranz | Liberal | 1951 | 1945–1951 |
| Jose Avelino | Liberal | 1951 | 1946–1951 |
| Manuel Briones | Nacionalista | 1957 | 1951–1957 |
| Tomas Cabili | Liberal | 1955 | 1946–1955 |
| Tomas V. Confesor | Nacionalista | 1951 | 1946–1951 |
| Mariano Jesus Cuenco | Liberal | 1951 | 1945–1951 |
| Teodoro de Vera | Liberal | 1955 | 1949–1952 |
| Francisco Afan Delgado | Nacionalista | 1957 | 1951–1957 |
| Vicente Francisco | Liberal | 1951 | 1946–1951 |
| Carlos P. Garcia | Nacionalista | 1951, 1957 | 1945–1953 |
| Jose P. Laurel | Nacionalista | 1957 | 1951–1957 |
| Jose Locsin | Nacionalista | 1957 | 1951–1957 |
| Vicente Madrigal | Liberal | 1953 | 1945–1953 |
| Enrique Magalona | Liberal | 1955 | 1946–1955 |
| Justiniano Montano | Liberal | 1955 | 1949–1955 |
| Camilo Osias | Nacionalista | 1953 | 1947–1953 |
| Quintín Paredes | Liberal | 1955 | 1949–1961 |
| Geronima Pecson | Liberal | 1953 | 1947–1953 |
| Macario Peralta Jr. | Liberal | 1955 | 1949–1955 |
| Cipriano Primicias Sr. | Nacionalista | 1957 | 1951–1963 |
| Gil Puyat | Nacionalista | 1957 | 1951–1972 |
| Claro M. Recto | Nacionalista | 1955 | 1952–1960 |
| Eulogio Rodriguez | Nacionalista | 1953 | 1949–1964 |
| Vicente Sotto | Popular Front | 1951 | 1946–1950 |
| Lorenzo Sumulong | Liberal | 1955 | 1949–1967 |
| Lorenzo Tañada | Liberal | 1953 | 1947–1971 |
| Emiliano Tria Tirona | Liberal | 1953 | 1945–1952 |
| Ramon Torres | Liberal | 1951 | 1945–1951 |
| Felixberto Verano | Nacionalista | 1953 | 1951–1953 |
| Jose Zulueta | Nacionalista | 1957 | 1951–1957 |

### House of Representatives

| Province/City | District | Representative | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| Abra | Lone | Virgilio Valera | Liberal |
| Agusan | Lone | Marcos M. Calo | Liberal |
| Albay | 1st | Lorenzo P. Ziga | Liberal |
| Albay | 2nd | Justino Nuyda | Nacionalista |
| Albay | 3rd | Pio Duran | Nacionalista |
| Antique | Lone | Tobias Fornier | Nacionalista |
| Bataan | Lone | Medina Lacson De Leon | Nacionalista |
| Batanes | Lone | Jorge A. Abad | Independent |
| Batangas | 1st | Apolinario R. Apacible | Nacionalista |
| Batangas | 2nd | Numeriano U. Babao | Nacionalista |
| Batangas | 3rd | Jose Laurel Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Bohol | 1st | Luis T. Clarin | Liberal |
| Bohol | 2nd | Simeon G. Toribio | Liberal |
| Bohol | 3rd | Esteban Bernido | Nacionalista |
| Bukidnon | Lone | Cesar M. Fortich | Liberal |
| Bulacan | 1st | Florante C. Roque | Liberal |
| Bulacan | 1st | Erasmo Cruz | Nacionalista |
| Bulacan | 2nd | Alejo Santos | Nacionalista |
| Cagayan | 1st | Domingo S. Siazon | Nacionalista |
| Cagayan | 2nd | Paulino A. Alonzo | Liberal |
| Camarines Norte | Lone | Esmeraldo Eco | Liberal |
| Camarines Sur | 1st | Emilio M. Tible | Nacionalista |
| Camarines Sur | 2nd | Edmundo B. Cea | Nacionalista |
| Capiz | 1st | Ramon A. Arnaldo | Liberal |
| Capiz | 2nd | Cornelio Villareal | Liberal |
| Capiz | 3rd | Godofredo P. Ramos | Nacionalista |
| Catanduanes | Lone | Severiano P. De Leon | Liberal |
| Cavite | Lone | Manuel S. Rojas | Liberal |
| Cebu | 1st | Ramon M. Durano | Liberal |
| Cebu | 2nd | Leandro Tojong | Liberal |
| Cebu | 2nd | Vicente Logarta | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 3rd | Primitivo Sato | Liberal |
| Cebu | 3rd | Maximino Noel | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 4th | Filomeno C. Kintanar | Liberal |
| Cebu | 5th | Miguel Cuenco | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 6th | Manuel A. Zosa | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 7th | Nicolas Escario | Liberal |
| Cotabato | Lone | Datu Blah T. Sinsuat | Nacionalista |
| Davao | Lone | Ismael L. Veloso | Nacionalista |
| Ilocos Norte | 1st | Antonio V. Raquiza | Liberal |
| Ilocos Norte | 2nd | Ferdinand Marcos | Liberal |
| Ilocos Sur | 1st | Floro Crisologo | Liberal |
| Ilocos Sur | 2nd | Ricardo Gacula | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 1st | Jose Zulueta | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 2nd | Pascual Espinosa | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 3rd | Patricio V. Confesor | Nacionalista |
| Iloilo | 4th | Ricardo Yap Ladrido | Nacionalista |
| Iloilo | 5th | Jose M. Aldeguer | Nacionalista |
| Isabela | Lone | Samuel Formoso Reyes | Liberal |
| La Union | 1st | Miguel Rilloraza, Jr. | Nacionalista |
| La Union | 2nd | Manuel T. Cases | Liberal |
| Laguna | 1st | Manuel Concordia | Liberal |
| Laguna | 2nd | Juan A. Baes | Nacionalista |
| Laguna | 2nd | Estanislao Fernandez | Liberal |
| Lanao | Lone | Mohamad Ali B. Dimaporo | Liberal |
| Leyte | 1st | Mateo Canonoy | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 2nd | Domingo Veloso | Liberal |
| Leyte | 3rd | Francisco M. Pajao | Liberal |
| Leyte | 4th | Daniel Z. Romualdez | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 5th | Atilano R. Cinco | Liberal |
| Manila | 1st | Engracio Clemeña | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 2nd | Arsenio Lacson | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 3rd | Arturo Tolentino | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 4th | Hermenegildo Atienza | Liberal |
| Manila | 4th | Gavino Viola Fernando | Nacionalista |
| Marinduque | Lone | Panfilo M. Manguera | Nacionalista |
| Masbate | Lone | Emilio B. Espinosa | Liberal |
| Mindoro | Lone | Raul T. Leuterio | Liberal |
| Misamis Occidental | Lone | Porfirio G. Villarin | Liberal |
| Misamis Oriental | Lone | Emmanuel Pelaez | Liberal |
| Mountain Province | 1st | Antonio Canao | |
| Mountain Province | 2nd | Dennis Molintas | |
| Mountain Province | 2nd | Ramon P. Mitra | |
| Mountain Province | 3rd | Gabriel Dunuan | |
| Negros Occidental | 1st | Francisco Ferrer | Liberal |
| Negros Occidental | 2nd | Carlos Hilado | Liberal |
| Negros Occidental | 3rd | Augurio M. Abeto | Liberal |
| Negros Oriental | 1st | Pedro A. Bandoquillo | Liberal |
| Negros Oriental | 2nd | Enrique Medina | Liberal |
| Nueva Ecija | 1st | Jose O. Corpus | Liberal |
| Nueva Ecija | 2nd | Jesus Ilagan | Liberal |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Lone | Leon Cabarroguis | Liberal |
| Occidental Mindoro | Lone | Jesus V. Abeleda | Nacionalista |
| Oriental Mindoro | Lone | Raul T. Leuterio | Liberal |
| Palawan | Lone | Gaudencio E. Abordo | Nacionalista |
| Palawan | Lone | Sofronio Española | Liberal |
| Pampanga | 1st | Diosdado Macapagal | Liberal |
| Pampanga | 2nd | Artemio Macalino | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 1st | Sulpicio R. Soriano | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 2nd | Eugenio Perez | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 3rd | Jose L. De Guzman | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 4th | Amadeo J. Perez | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 5th | Cipriano S. Allas | Liberal |
| Quezon | 1st | Narciso H. Umali | Nacionalista |
| Quezon | 2nd | Gaudencio V. Vera | Liberal |
| Rizal | 1st | Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Rizal | 2nd | Emilio de la Paz | Nacionalista |
| Rizal | 2nd | Isaias R. Salonga | Nacionalista |
| Romblon | Lone | Florencio Moreno | Nacionalista |
| Samar | 1st | Agripino Escareal | Liberal |
| Samar | 2nd | Tito V. Tizon | Liberal |
| Samar | 3rd | Gregorio B. Abogado | Liberal |
| Sorsogon | 1st | Modesto Galias | Liberal |
| Sorsogon | 2nd | Tomas Clemente | Liberal |
| Sulu | Lone | Gulamu Rasul | Nacionalista |
| Sulu | Lone | Ombra Amilbangsa | Liberal |
| Surigao | Lone | Felixberto Verano | Nacionalista |
| Tarlac | 1st | Jose J. Roy | Liberal |
| Tarlac | 2nd | Jose Y. Feliciano | Liberal |
| Zambales | Lone | Ramon Magsaysay | Liberal |
| Zambales | Lone | Cesar Miraflor | Liberal |
| Zamboanga | Lone | Roseller T. Lim | Nacionalista |
