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.