2nd Congress of the Philippines

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The 2nd Congress of the Philippines (Template:Langx), 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

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Composition of the House of Representatives during the 2nd Congress.

Senate

President:
- Mariano Jesus Cuenco (Liberal), until March 5, 1952
- Quintin Paredes (Liberal), March 5 – April 17, 1952
- Camilo Osias (Nacionalista), April 17–30, 1952
- Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), April 30, 1952 – April 17, 1953
- Camilo Osias (Nacionalista), April 17 – May 20. 1953
- Jose Zulueta (Nacionalista), May 20 – November 30, 1953
- Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), from November 30, 1953
President pro tempore:
- Quintin Paredes (Liberal), until March 5, 1952
- Esteban Abada (Liberal), March 5 – May 7, 1952
- Manuel Briones (Liberal), May 7, 1952 – April 17, 1953
- Jose Zulueta (Nacionalista), April 17–30, 1953
- Manuel Briones (Liberal), from April 30, 1953
Majority Floor Leader: Tomas Cabili (Liberal)
Minority Floor Leader: Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista)

House of Representatives

Speaker: Eugenio Perez (Pangasinan–2nd, Liberal)
Speaker pro tempore: Domingo Veloso (Leyte–2nd, Liberal)
Majority Floor Leader: Raul T. Leuterio (Mindoro, Liberal)
Minority Floor Leader: Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista)

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 ending
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1953
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1951
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1951
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1957
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1955
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1951
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1951
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1957
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1951
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1951, 1957
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1957
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1957
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1953
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1953
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1953
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1957
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1957
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1955
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1953
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Popular Front	1951
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1953
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1953
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal	1951
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1953
Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista	1957

House of Representatives

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Seal of the House of Representatives (1950)

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House seats by province in the 2nd Congress.

Province/City	District	Representative	Party
Abra	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Agusan	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Albay	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Batanes	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Independent
Batangas	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Bukidnon	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Bulacan	1st	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	1st	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Cagayan	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Camarines Norte	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Camarines Sur	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Camarines Sur	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Catanduanes	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Cavite	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Cebu	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	3rd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	3rd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	4th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	5th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	6th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	7th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Cotabato	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Davao	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Ilocos Norte	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Ilocos Sur	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Iloilo	1st	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	4th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	5th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
La Union	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
La Union	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Laguna	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	2nd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Lanao	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Leyte	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	4th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	5th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Manila	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	4th	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	4th	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Marinduque	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Masbate	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Mindoro	Lone Template:Efn	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Misamis Occidental	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Mountain Province	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Negros Occidental	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	3rd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Negros Oriental	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Negros Oriental	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Nueva Ecija	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Nueva Ecija	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Occidental Mindoro	Lone Template:Efn	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Oriental Mindoro	Lone Template:Efn	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Palawan	Lone	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Palawan	Lone	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Pampanga	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Pampanga	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Pangasinan	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	4th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	5th	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Quezon	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Quezon	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Rizal	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	2nd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
	2nd	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Romblon	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
	3rd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Sorsogon	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Sorsogon	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Sulu	Lone	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Sulu	Lone	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Surigao	Lone	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Tarlac	2nd	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Zambales	Lone	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Zambales	Lone	Template:Sortname Template:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
Zamboanga	Lone	Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" \|	Nacionalista

Notes

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2nd Congress of the Philippines

Contents

Sessions

Legislation

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

External links

Further reading

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2nd Congress of the Philippines

Sessions

Legislation

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

External links

Further reading

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