Philippines's 2nd senatorial district

Philippines's 2nd senatorial district, officially the Second Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Segundo Distrito Senatorial de las Islas Filipinas), was one of the twelve senatorial districts of the Philippines in existence between 1916 and 1935. It elected two members to the Senate of the Philippines, the upper chamber of the bicameral Philippine Legislature under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands for each of the 4th to 10th legislatures. The district was created under the 1916 Jones Law from the west-central Luzon provinces of La Union, Pangasinan and Zambales.[1]

The district was represented by a total of eight senators throughout its existence. It was abolished in 1935 when a unicameral National Assembly was installed under a new constitution following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act which established the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Since the 1941 elections when the Senate was restored after a constitutional plebiscite, all twenty-four members of the upper house have been elected countrywide at-large. It was last represented by Teófilo Sison of the Nacionalista Democrático and Alejo Mabanag of the Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia.[2][3]

List of senators

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Seat A Legislature Seat B
# Senator Term of office Party Electoral history # Senator Term of office Party Electoral history
Start End Start End
1 Pedro María Sison October 16, 1916 June 6, 1922 Nacionalista Elected in 1916. 4th 1 Aquilino Calvo October 16, 1916 February 20, 1917 Nacionalista Elected in 1916.
Resigned on appointment as Mountain Province governor.
2 Matias Gonzales May 5, 1917 June 3, 1919 Nacionalista Elected in 1917 to finish Calvo's term.
5th 3 Bernabé de Guzmán June 3, 1919 June 2, 1925 Nacionalista Elected in 1919.
2 Alejo Mabanag June 6, 1922 June 5, 1928 Nacionalista
Unipersonalista
Elected in 1922. 6th Nacionalista
Unipersonalista
Demócrata 7th 4 Camilo Osías June 2, 1925 February 7, 1929 Nacionalista
Consolidado
Elected in 1925.
Resigned on appointment as Resident Commissioner.
3 Teófilo Sison June 5, 1928 September 16, 1935 Nacionalista
Consolidado
Elected in 1928. 8th
5 Alejandro de Guzmán April 4, 1929 June 2, 1931 Nacionalista
Consolidado
Elected to finish Osías's term.
9th 6 Alejo Mabanag June 2, 1931 September 16, 1935 Demócrata Elected in 1931.
Nacionalista
Democrático
Re-elected in 1934. 10th Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 12, 2020.