1st Congress of the Philippines

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The First Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Kongreso ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the legislature of the Republic of the Philippines, composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives from May 25, 1946, until December 13, 1949. The body was originally convened as the Second Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. On August 5, 1946, Republic Act No. 6 was approved, renaming the body as the First Congress of the Philippines.

Sessions

The Second Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

• Regular Session: May 25 – July 4, 1946

The First Congress of the Philippines

• First Regular Session: July 5 – September 18, 1946
  • First Special Session: September 25–30, 1946
• Second Regular Session: January 27 – May 22, 1947
• Third Regular Session: January 26 – May 20, 1948
  • Second Special Session: June 14–26, 1948
• Fourth Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1949
  • Special Joint Session: December 13, 1949

Legislation

The Second Commonwealth Congress passed a total of 12 laws: Commonwealth Acts No. 721 to 733.

The First Congress of the Philippines passed a total of 421 laws: Republic Acts No. 1 to 421.

Leadership

Senate

• President of the Senate:

José D. Avelino (LP)

Mariano Jesús D. Cuenco (LP), elected February 21, 1949

• Senate President Pro-Tempore:

Melecio Arranz (LP)

• Majority Floor Leader:

Vicente J. Francisco

Tomas L. Cabili (LP) elected February 21, 1949

• Minority Floor Leader:

Carlos P. Garcia (NP)

House of Representatives

• Speaker:

Eugenio P. Perez (LP, 2nd District Pangasinan)

• Speaker Pro-Tempore:

Francisco Ortega (LP, 1st District La Union)

• Majority Floor Leader:

Raúl Leuterio (LP, Lone District Mindoro)

• Minority Floor Leader:

Cipriano P. Primicias, Sr. (NP, 4th District Pangasinan)

Members

Senate

Sixteen senators were elected on April 23, 1946. Eight senators were to serve until December 30, 1949, while the other eight were to serve until December 30, 1951.

House of Representatives

First Congress representation map of the Philippines

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Philippine general election, 1946

External links

• "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 14, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006. 
• "The LAWPHi'L Project – Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006. Retrieved September 16, 2006. 

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6. 
• Pobre, Cesar P. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9. 

Legislative periods of the Philippines
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American Period	1st Philippine Commission (1899–1900) 2nd Philippine Commission (1900–07) 1st Philippine Legislature (1907–09) 2nd Philippine Legislature (1909–12) 3rd Philippine Legislature (1912–16) 4th Philippine Legislature (1916–19) 5th Philippine Legislature (1919–22) 6th Philippine Legislature (1922–25) 7th Philippine Legislature (1925–28) 8th Philippine Legislature (1928–31) 9th Philippine Legislature (1931–34) 10th Philippine Legislature (1934–35)
Commonwealth	1st National Assembly (1935–1938) 2nd National Assembly (1938–1941)
Second Philippine Republic	National Assembly (1943–44)
Commonwealth	1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1945) 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1946)
Third Philippine Republic	1st Congress (1946–49) 2nd Congress (1949–53) 3rd Congress (1954–57) 4th Congress (1958–61) 5th Congress (1962–65) 6th Congress (1966–69) 7th Congress (1970–72)
Fourth Philippine Republic	Interim Batasang Pambansa (1978–84) Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–86)
Fifth Philippine Republic	8th Congress (1987–92) 9th Congress (1992–95) 10th Congress (1995–98) 11th Congress (1998–2001) 12th Congress (2001–04) 13th Congress (2004–07) 14th Congress (2007–10) 15th Congress (2010–13) 16th Congress (2013–16) 17th Congress (2016–19) 18th Congress (2019–20)
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