3rd Congress of the Philippines

The 3rd Congress of the Philippines (Template:Langx), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 25, 1954, until December 10, 1957, during the 39-month presidency of Ramon Magsaysay and the first nine months of Carlos P. García's presidency.

Sessions

• First Regular Session: January 25 – May 20, 1954
• First Special Session: July 19 – August 3, 1954
• Second Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1955
• Second Special Session: July 7 – August 10, 1955
• Third Regular Session: January 23 – May 17, 1956
• Third Special Session: June 21 – July 25, 1956
• Fourth Regular Session: January 28, 1957 – May 23, 1957
• Joint Session: December 10, 1957

Legislation

The Third Congress passed a total of 1,077 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 973 – 2049)

Leadership

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Composition of the House of Representatives during the 3rd Congress.

Senate

• President: Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista)
• President pro tempore: Manuel Briones (Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Cipriano Primicias Sr. (Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader: Lorenzo Tañada (Citizens)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista)
• Speaker pro tempore: Daniel Romualdez (Leyte–4th, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Arturo Tolentino (Manila–3rd, Nacionalista)
• Minority Floor Leader: Eugenio Perez (Pangasinan–2nd, Liberal)

Members

Senate

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

• 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
• For senators elected on November 10, 1953: December 30, 1953 – December 30, 1959
• For senators elected on November 8, 1955: December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1961

Senator	Party		Term ending
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1955
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1961
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1957
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1959
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1959
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1957
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Democratic	1959
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1957
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1957
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1957
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Democratic	1959
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1959
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1961
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1955
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1955
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LiberalTemplate:Efn	1955, 1961
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1959
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Liberal	1955
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1957
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1957
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1955, 1961
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1961
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1959
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1961
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1961
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	LiberalTemplate:Efn	1955, 1961
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Citizens	1959
Template:Sortname	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Nacionalista	1957

House of Representatives

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House seats by province in the 3rd Congress.

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

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1953 Philippine general election
• 1955 Philippine general election

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library