9th Philippine Legislature
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The Ninth Philippine Legislature[1] was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from 1931 to 1934.
Sessions[edit]
- First Regular Session: July 16 – November 9, 1931
- Second Regular Session: July 16 – November 8, 1932
- First Special Session: December 7 – 17, 1932
- Second Special Session: January 16 – 31, 1933
- Third Regular Session: July 17 – November 9, 1933
- Third Special Session: April 30 – May 5, 1934
Leadership[edit]
Senate[edit]
- President: Manuel L. Quezon (5th District, Nacionalista)
- President pro tempore: Sergio Osmeña (10th District, Nacionalista)
- Majority Floor Leader: Benigno Aquino Sr. (3rd District, Nacionalista)
- Minority Floor Leader: Claro M. Recto (5th District, Nacionalista)
House of Representatives[edit]
- Speaker: Manuel Roxas (Capiz–1st, Nacionalista)
- Speaker pro tempore:
- Antonio de las Alas (Batangas–1st, Nacionalista), until January 25, 1933
- Quintín Paredes (Abra, Nacionalista), January 25 – July 24, 1933[2]
- Jose Zulueta (Iloilo–1st, Nacionalista), from July 24, 1933[2]
- Majority Floor Leader: Pedro Sabido (Albay–3rd, Nacionalista)
Members[edit]
Senate[edit]
In each senatorial district, one senator was elected on June 5, 1928 for a term starting on the same day and ending on June 5, 1934 while the other senator was elected on June 2, 1931 for a term starting on the same day and ending on June 1, 1937.
Senators of the 12th District were appointed for indefinite terms.
House of Representatives[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Died on June 14, 1931.[3]
- ^ Elected on August 18, 1931.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Appointed.
- ^ Died on August 9, 1931.
- ^ Elected on September 3, 1931. Election annulled on January 31, 1933 after an electoral protest.
- ^ Declared the winner of the 1931 special election on January 31, 1933.
- ^ Resigned on February 18, 1933 upon appointment as Secretary of Public Works and Communications.
- ^ Elected on February 18, 1933.
- ^ Election annulled on January 23, 1932 after an electoral protest.
- ^ Declared the winner of the 1931 election on January 23, 1932.
- ^ Died on April 23, 1932.
- ^ Elected on June 4, 1932.
- ^ Resigned on March 1, 1933 upon appointment as an undersecretary in the Department of Public Works and Communications.
- ^ Elected on April 1, 1933.
Further reading[edit]
- 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.
References[edit]
- ^ "List of Previous Senators, Seventh Legislature". Senate of the Philippines 18th Congress. Senate of the Philippines.
- ^ a b Our Delegates to the Constitutional Assembly. Benipayo Press. 1935. p. 625.
- ^ "JUAN B. ALEGRE DIES; PHILIPPINE SENATOR; Took Oath of Office Just Before Succumbing". New York Times. June 15, 1931. p. 18.
- "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.