4th Congress of the Philippines

4th Congress of the Philippines
4th Congress of the Philippines
Overview
Term	January 27, 1958 – December 13, 1961
President	Carlos P. Garcia
Vice President	Diosdado Macapagal
Senate
Members	24
President	Eulogio Rodriguez
President pro tempore	Fernando Lopez
Majority leader	Cipriano Primicias Sr.
Minority leader	Ambrosio Padilla; (until January 25, 1960); Ferdinand Marcos; (from January 25, 1960);
House of Representatives
Members	102
Speaker	Daniel Romualdez
Speaker pro tempore	Constancio E. Castañeda
Majority leader	Jose M. Aldeguer
Minority leader	Cornelio Villareal

The 4th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikaapat na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 27, 1958, until December 13, 1961, during the second term of President Carlos P. Garcia.

Sessions

First Regular Session: January 27 – May 22, 1958
First Special Session: May 26 – June 7, 1958
Second Regular Session: January 26 – May 21, 1959
Second Special Session: June 1 – July 4, 1959
Third Regular Session: January 25 – May 19, 1960
Third Special Session: June 14 – July 18, 1960
Fourth Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1961
Informal Meeting: July 15, 1961
Joint Session: December 12–13, 1961

Legislation

The Fourth Congress passed a total of 1,401 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 2050 – 3450)

Leadership

Composition of the Senate during the 4th Congress' 1st and 2nd (left), and 3rd & 4th (right) sessions.

Senate

President: Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista)
President pro tempore: Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista)
Majority Floor Leader: Cipriano Primicias Sr. (Nacionalista)
Minority Floor Leader:
- Ambrosio Padilla (Liberal), until January 25, 1960
- Ferdinand Marcos (Liberal), from January 25, 1960

House of Representatives

Speaker: Daniel Romualdez (Leyte–4th, Nacionalista)
Speaker pro tempore: Constancio E. Castañeda (Tarlac–2nd, Nacionalista)
Majority Floor Leader: Jose M. Aldeguer (Iloilo–5th, Nacionalista)
Minority Floor Leader: Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–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 10, 1953: December 30, 1953 – December 30, 1959
For senators elected on November 8, 1955: December 30, 1955 – December 30, 1961
For senators elected on November 12, 1957: December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1963
For senators elected on November 10, 1959: December 30, 1959 – December 30, 1965

Senator		Term ending
Alejandro Almendras^[a]	Nacionalista	1965
Domocao Alonto	Nacionalista	1961
Eulogio Balao	Nacionalista	1963
Edmundo B. Cea^[b]	Nacionalista	1959
Mariano Jesus Cuenco^[c]	Nacionalista	1959, 1965
Rogelio de la Rosa	Liberal	1963
Estanislao Fernandez^[a]	Liberal	1965
Ruperto Kangleon^[d]	Democratic	1959
Oscar Ledesma	Nacionalista	1963
Roseller T. Lim	Nacionalista	1963
Fernando Lopez^[c]	Democratic^[e]	1959, 1965
Alejo Mabanag^[b]	Nacionalista	1959
Pacita Madrigal-Warns	Nacionalista	1961
Genaro Magsaysay^[a]	Nacionalista	1965
Ferdinand Marcos^[a]	Liberal	1965
Ambrosio Padilla	Liberal	1963
Quintin Paredes	Nacionalista	1961
Emmanuel Pelaez^[b]	Nacionalista	1959
Cipriano Primicias Sr.	Nacionalista	1963
Gil Puyat	Nacionalista	1963
Claro M. Recto^[f]	NCP	1961
Soc Rodrigo	Nacionalista	1961
Eulogio Rodriguez^[c]	Nacionalista	1959, 1965
Decoroso Rosales	Nacionalista	1961
Pedro Sabido	Nacionalista	1961
Lorenzo Sumulong	Nacionalista	1961
Lorenzo Tañada^[c]	NCP	1959, 1965
Arturo Tolentino	Nacionalista	1963

House of Representatives

Province/City	District	Representative
Abra	Lone	Lucas P. Paredes	Nacionalista
Agusan	Lone	Guillermo R. Sanchez	Nacionalista
Aklan	Lone	Jose B. Legaspi	Nacionalista
Albay	1st	Tecla San Andres Ziga	Liberal
	2nd	Justino Nuyda	Nacionalista
	3rd	Pio Duran	Nacionalista
Antique	Lone	Tobias Fornier	Nacionalista
Bataan	Lone	Jose R. Nuguid	Nacionalista
Batanes	Lone	Manuel Agudo	Nacionalista
Batangas	1st	Apolinario R. Apacible	Nacionalista
	2nd	Numeriano U. Babao	Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose Laurel IV	Nacionalista
Bohol	1st	Natalio P. Castillo^[g]	Nacionalista
	2nd	Bartolome Cabangbang	Nacionalista
	3rd	Maximino A. Garcia	Nacionalista
Bukidnon	Lone	Cesar M. Fortich^[h]	Nacionalista
Bulacan	1st	Jose Suntay	Liberal
Bulacan	2nd	Rogaciano M. Mercado	Nacionalista
Cagayan	1st	Felipe R. Garduque Jr.^[i]	Nacionalista
Cagayan	2nd	Benjamin Ligot	Nacionalista
Camarines Norte	Lone	Pedro Venida	Young Philippines
Camarines Sur	1st	Agaton A. Ursua	Nacionalista
Camarines Sur	2nd	Felix Fuentebella	Nacionalista
Capiz	1st	Gerry Roxas	Liberal
Capiz	2nd	Cornelio Villareal	Liberal
Catanduanes	Lone	Jose M. Alberto	Liberal
Cavite	Lone	Justiniano Montano	Nacionalista
Cebu	1st	Ramon M. Durano	Nacionalista
	2nd	Sergio Osmeña Jr.	Nacionalista
	3rd	Maximino Noel	Nacionalista
	4th	Isidro Kintanar	Nacionalista
	5th	Miguel Cuenco	Nacionalista
	6th	Manuel A. Zosa	Nacionalista
	7th	Antonio de Pio	Nacionalista
Cotabato	Lone	Salipada Pendatun	Nacionalista
Davao	Lone	Gavino R. Sepulveda	Liberal
Ilocos Norte	1st	Antonio Raquiza	Liberal
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Ferdinand Marcos^[j]	Liberal
Ilocos Sur	1st	Faustino B. Tobia	Nacionalista
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Godofredo S. Reyes^[k]	Nacionalista
Iloilo	1st	Pedro G. Trono	Nacionalista
	2nd	Pascual Espinosa	Liberal
	3rd	Domitilo G. Abordo	Nacionalista
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido	Nacionalista
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer	Nacionalista
Isabela	Lone	Delfin B. Albano	Nacionalista
La Union	1st	Francisco Ortega	Nacionalista
La Union	2nd	Manuel T. Cases	Liberal
Laguna	1st	Jacobo Z. Gonzales	Nacionalista
Laguna	2nd	Wenceslao Lagumbay	Nacionalista
Lanao	Lone	Laurentino Ll. Badelles	Nacionalista
Leyte	1st	Marcelino R. Veloso	Nacionalista
	2nd	Dominador M. Tan	Nacionalista
	3rd	Nicanor Yñiguez	Nacionalista
	4th	Daniel Romualdez	Nacionalista
	5th	Alberto T. Aguja	Nacionalista
Manila	1st	Salvador L. Mariño	Liberal
	2nd	Joaquin R. Roces	Nacionalista
	3rd	Ramon Bagatsing	Liberal
	4th	Augusto S. Francisco	Nacionalista
Marinduque	Lone	Francisco M. Lecaroz	Nacionalista
Masbate	Lone	Emilio Espinosa Jr.	Nacionalista
Misamis Occidental	Lone	William Chiongbian	Liberal
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Fausto Dugenio	Nationalist Citizens
Mountain Province	1st	Juan Duyan
	2nd	Ramon P. Mitra
	3rd	Luis Hora
Negros Occidental	1st	Vicente F. Gustilo Sr.	Nacionalista
	2nd	Inocencio V. Ferrer	Nacionalista
	3rd	Agustin M. Gatuslao	Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	1st	Lorenzo Teves	Nacionalista
Negros Oriental	2nd	Lamberto L. Macias	Nacionalista
Nueva Ecija	1st	Eugenio T. Baltao	Liberal
Nueva Ecija	2nd	Celestino C. Juan	Nacionalista
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leonardo B. Perez	Nacionalista
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Felipe S. Abeleda	Liberal
Oriental Mindoro	Lone	Conrado M. Morente	Democratic
Palawan	Lone	Gaudencio E. Abordo	Nacionalista
Pampanga	1st	Francisco Nepomuceno^[l]	Liberal
Pampanga	2nd	Emilio P. Cortez	Nacionalista
Pangasinan	1st	Aguedo F. Agbayani	Nacionalista
	2nd	Angel B. Fernandez	Liberal
	3rd	Cipriano Primicias Jr.^[m]	Nacionalista
	3rd	Jose D. Parayno^[n]	Liberal
	4th	Amadeo J. Perez	Liberal
	5th	Luciano Millan	Nacionalista
Quezon	1st	Manuel S. Enverga	Nacionalista
Quezon	2nd	Leon Guinto Jr.	Nacionalista
Rizal	1st	Benedicto Padilla	Liberal
Rizal	2nd	Francisco S. Sumulong	Nacionalista
Romblon	Lone	Jose D. Moreno	Nacionalista
Samar	1st	Eladio T. Balite	Nacionalista
	2nd	Valeriano C. Yancha	Nacionalista
	3rd	Felipe J. Abrigo	Nacionalista
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador R. Encinas	Nacionalista
Sorsogon	2nd	Vicente Peralta	Nacionalista
Sulu	Lone	Ombra Amilbangsa	Liberal
Surigao	Lone	Reynaldo P. Honrado	Nacionalista
Tarlac	1st	Jose Roy	Nacionalista
Tarlac	2nd	Constancio E. Castañeda	Nacionalista
Zambales	Lone	Genaro Magsaysay^[j]	Nacionalista
Zamboanga del Norte	Lone	Alberto Ubay	Nacionalista
Zamboanga del Sur	Lone	Canuto Enerio	Nacionalista

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Elected on November 10, 1959 and took office on December 30, 1959.
^ ^a ^b ^c Term ended on December 30, 1959.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Re-elected on November 10, 1959.
^ Died on February 27, 1958.
^ Nacionalista from 1959.
^ Died on October 2, 1960.
^ Appointed as Executive Secretary on January 25, 1960.
^ Appointed as Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources on March 3, 1960. Resigned as secretary and reclaimed seat on September 15, 1961.
^ Elected as Governor of Cagayan on November 10, 1959.
^ ^a ^b Elected as Senator of the Philippines on November 10, 1959.
^ Elected as Governor of Ilocos Sur on November 10, 1959.
^ Elected as Governor of Pampanga on November 10, 1959.
^ Removed on June 24, 1960 after an electoral protest.
^ Won an electoral protest on June 24, 1960, replacing Cipriano Primicias Jr..