3rd Philippine Legislature
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The Third Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines
under the sovereign control of the United States
from October 16, 1912 to February 24, 1916.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
under the sovereign control of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
from October 16, 1912 to February 24, 1916.
Sessions
- First Regular Session: October 16, 1912– February 3, 1913
- First Special Session: February 6 – February 11, 1913
- Second Regular Session: October 16, 1913 – February 3, 1914
- Second Special Session: February 4 – February 28, 1914
- Third Regular Session: October 16, 1914 – February 5, 1915
- Fourth Regular Session: October 16, 1915 – February 4, 1916
- Second Special Session: February 14 – February 24, 1916
Philippine Commission
- Governor-General:
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- William Cameron ForbesWilliam Cameron ForbesWilliam Cameron Forbes was an American investment banker and diplomat. He served as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1908 to 1913 and Ambassador of the United States to Japan from 1930 - 1932....
- Newton W. GilbertNewton W. GilbertNewton Whiting Gilbert was a politician from Indiana. He was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, member of the Indiana State Senate, a representative in the United States House of Representatives, and Acting Governor-General of the Philippines from September 1, 1913 to October 6, 1913.-Notes:...
appointed on September 1, 1913 - Francis Burton HarrisonFrancis Burton HarrisonFrancis Burton Harrison was an American statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives and appointed Governor-General of the Philippines by President of the United States Woodrow Wilson...
appointed on October 6, 1913
- William Cameron Forbes
Philippine Assembly
- Speaker of the Philippine Assembly
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- Sergio OsmeñaSergio OsmeñaSergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...
(Nacionalista, 2nd District Cebu)- Majority Floor Leader
- Minority Floor Leader
- Sergio Osmeña
Philippine Assembly
| Province | District Legislative districts of the Philippines The Legislative districts of the Philippines are the division are the representations of the Philippines' provinces and cities in the House of Representatives. The first composition of legislative districts were enshrined in the Ordinance appended to the Constitution... |
Representative Philippine Assembly The Philippine Assembly was the lower house of the legislative body of the Philippines during the early part of American colonial period. It was created by the Philippine Organic Act, passed in 1902, which also established the Philippine Commission as the upper house of the Philippine Legislature,... |
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| Albay Albay Albay is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region in Luzon. Its capital is Legazpi City and the province borders Camarines Sur to the north and Sorsogon to the south. Also to the northeast is Lagonoy Gulf.... |
Domingo Diaz | |
| Mariano A. Locsin | ||
| Ceferino Villareal | ||
| Ambos Camarines Ambos Camarines Ambos Camarines , commonly known as Camarines, was a historical province in the Philippines found on the northern end of the Bicol Peninsula. It now exists as two separate provinces: Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur.... |
Silverio D. Cecilio | |
| Julian Ocampo | ||
| Jose Fuentebella | ||
| Antique | Angel Salazar | |
| Bataan Bataan Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of the Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. The province is part of the Central Luzon region. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City and it is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north... |
Pablo Tecson | |
| Batanes Batanes The Province of Batanes , also called the Batanes Islands, is a Philippine province comprising ten islands that are located in the Luzon Strait between the islands of Luzon and Taiwan... |
Vicente Barsana | |
| Batangas Batangas Batangas is a first class province of the Philippines located on the southwestern part of Luzon in the CALABARZON region. Its capital is Batangas City and it is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the... |
Galicano Apacible | |
| Marcelo Caringal | ||
| Fidel Reyes | ||
| Bohol Bohol Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of Bohol Island and 75 minor surrounding islands. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. With a land area of and a coastline long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines... |
Candelario Borja | |
| Jose A. Clarin | ||
| Juan Virtudes | ||
| Bulacan Bulacan Bulacan , officially called the Province of Bulacan or simply Bulacan Province, is a first class province of the Republic of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Region in the island of Luzon, north of Manila , and part of the Metro... |
Ambrosio Santos | |
| Ceferino de Leon | ||
| Cagayan Cagayan Cagayan , the "Land of Smiling Beauty", is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte... |
Cresencio Marasigan | |
| Juan Quintos | ||
| Capiz Capiz Capiz is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is Roxas City and is located at the northeastern portion of Panay Island, bordering Aklan and Antique to the west, and Iloilo to the south. Capiz faces the Sibuyan Sea to the north... |
Rafael Acuña | |
| Emilio Acevedo | ||
| Jose Tirol | ||
| Cavite Cavite Cavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila. Cavite is surrounded by Laguna to the east, Metro Manila to the northeast, and Batangas to the south... |
Florentino Joya | |
| Cebu | Gervacio Padilla | |
| Sergio Osmeña Sergio Osmeña Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65... |
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| Filemon Sotto | ||
| Alejandro Ruiz | ||
| Mariano Jesus Cuenco Mariano Jesús Cuenco Mariano Jesús Diosomito Cuenco was a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer.-Early life:He was born in Carmen, Cebu on January 16, 1888, to Mariano Albao Cuenco and Remedios López Diosomito. He studied at the Colegio de San Carlos of Cebu, where he graduated in 1904 with a degree in Bachelor of... |
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| Vicente Lozada | ||
| Tomas Alonzo | ||
| Ilocos Norte Ilocos Norte Ilocos Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Its capital is Laoag City and is located at the northwest corner of Luzon Island, bordering Cagayan and Apayao to the east, and Abra and Ilocos Sur to the south... |
Santiago A. Fonacier | |
| Teogenes Quiaoit | ||
| Ilocos Sur Ilocos Sur Ilocos Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Vigan City, located on the mouth of the Mestizo River is the provincial capital... |
Alberto Reyes | |
| Gregorio Talavera | ||
| Julio Borbon | ||
| Iloilo | Francisco Villanueva | |
| Perfecto J. Salas | ||
| Ernesto Gustilo | ||
| Tiburcio Lutero | ||
| Cirilo Mapa | ||
| Isabela Isabela province Isabela is the second largest province of the Philippines next to Palawan. It is located in the Cagayan Valley Region in Luzon. Its capital is Ilagan and borders, clockwise from the south, Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Kalinga, and Cagayan... |
Eliseo Claravall | |
| La Union La Unión La Union or La Unión may refer to:-Colombia:*La Unión, Antioquia*La Unión, Nariño*La Unión, Sucre*La Unión, Valle del Cauca-Peru:*La Unión Province, Peru... |
Joaquin D. Luna | |
| Florencio Baltazar | ||
| Laguna Laguna province Laguna is a province of the Philippines found in the CALABARZON region in Luzon. Its capital is Santa Cruz and the province is located southeast of Metro Manila, south of the province of Rizal, west of Quezon, north of Batangas and east of Cavite. Laguna almost completely surrounds Laguna de Bay,... |
Servillano Platon | |
| Pedro Guevara | ||
| Leyte | Estanislao Granados | |
| Dalmacio Costas | ||
| Miguel Hernandez | ||
| Francisco D. Enage | ||
| Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... * |
Isidoro de Santos | |
| Luciano de la Rosa | ||
| Mindoro Mindoro Mindoro is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located off the coast of Luzon, and northeast of Palawan. The southern coast of Mindoro forms the northeastern extremum of the Sulu Sea.-History:... |
Mariano P. Leuterio | |
| Misamis Misamis Misamis is the name of two provinces in the Philippines:* Misamis Occidental* Misamis Oriental"Misamis" is sometimes used to refer to both provinces.... |
Leon Borromeo | |
| Nicolas Capistrano | ||
| Negros Occidental Negros Occidental Negros Occidental is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is Bacolod City and it occupies the northwestern half of Negros Island; Negros Oriental is at the southeastern half... |
Melecio Severino | |
| Rafael R. Alunan | ||
| Gil Montilla Gil Montilla Gil Montilla was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 1935 to 1938, and a member of the Philippine Senate... |
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| Negros Oriental Negros Oriental Negros Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. It occupies the south-eastern half of the island of Negros, with Negros Occidental comprising the north-western half. It also includes Apo Island — a popular dive site for both local and foreign tourists... |
Jose Lopez Villanueva | |
| Leopoldo Rovira | ||
| Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Palayan City... |
Lucio Gonzales | |
| Palawan Palawan Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region or Region 4. Its capital is Puerto Princesa City, and it is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the... |
Manuel Sandoval | |
| Pampanga Pampanga Pampanga is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Pampanga is bordered by the provinces of Bataan and Zambales to the west, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija to the north, and Bulacan to the southeast... |
Eduardo Gutierrez David | |
| Andres Luciano | ||
| Pangasinan Pangasinan Pangasinan is a province of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central and peripheral area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf, with the total land area being 5,368.82 square kilometers . According to the latest census,... |
Vicente Solis | |
| Rodrigo D. Perez | ||
| Rufo G. Cruz | ||
| Pedro Ma. Sison | ||
| Hugo Sansano | ||
| Rizal | Arsenio Cruz Herrera | |
| Sixto de los Santos | ||
| Samar Samar Samar, formerly and also known as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Catbalogan City and covers the western portion of Samar as well as several islands in the Samar Sea located to the west of the mainland... |
Tomas Gomez | |
| Jose Sabarre | ||
| Mariano Alde | ||
| Sorsogon Sorsogon Sorsogon is a province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region; it is the southernmost province in Luzon and is subdivided into fourteen municipalities and one city. Its capital is Sorsogon City and borders the province of Albay to the north... |
Leoncio Grajo | |
| Jose Zurbito | ||
| Surigao | Legislative district of Surigao The lone Legislative District of Surigao was the representation of the province of Surigao in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1935, Philippine National Assembly from 1935 to 1941 and the Philippine House of Representatives from 1941 until 1961, when Surigao del Norte and Surigao del... |
Inocencio Cortez |
| Tarlac Tarlac Tarlac is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Luzon Island. Its capital is Tarlac City. Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west... |
Luis Morales | |
| Jose Espinosa | ||
| Tayabas | Filemon Perez | |
| Bernardo del Mundo | ||
| Zambales Zambales Zambales is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Iba. Zambales borders Pangasinan to the north, Tarlac and Pampanga to the east, and Bataan to the south. The province lies between the South China Sea and the Zambales Mountains. With a land area of... |
Gabriel Alba |
See also
- Congress of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesThe Congress of the Philippines is the national legislature of the Republic of the Philippines. It is a bicameral body consisting of the Senate , and the House of Representatives although commonly in the Philippines the term congress refers to the latter.The Senate is composed of 24 senators half...
- Senate of the PhilippinesSenate of the PhilippinesThe Senate of the Philippines is the upper chamber of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress of the Philippines...
- House of Representatives of the PhilippinesHouse of Representatives of the PhilippinesThe House of Representatives of the Philippines is the lower chamber of the...
Further reading
- Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library