3rd Congress of the Philippines

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The Third Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikatlong 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 January 25, 1954, until December 10, 1957.

Sessions

First Regular Session: January 25 – May 20, 1954
- First Special Session: July 19 – August 3, 1954
Second Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1955
- Second Special Session: July 7 – August 10, 1955
Third Regular Session: January 23 – May 17, 1956
- Third Special Session: June 21 – July 25, 1956
Fourth Regular Session: January 28, 1957 – May 23, 1957
- Joint Session: December 10, 1957

Legislation

The Third Congress passed a total of 1,077 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 973 – 2049)

Leadership

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

Composition of the House of Representatives during the 3rd Congress.

Senate

President of the Senate:

Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr. (NP)

Senate President Pro-Tempore:

Manuel C. Briones (NP)

Majority Floor Leader:

Cipriano P. Primicias, Sr. (NP)

Minority Floor Leader:

Lorenzo M. Tañada (CP)

House of Representatives

Speaker:

José B. Laurel, Jr. (NP, 3rd District Batangas)

Speaker Pro-Tempore:

Daniel Z. Romualdez (NP, 4th District Leyte)

Majority Floor Leader:

Arturo M. Tolentino (NP, 3rd District Manila)

Minority Floor Leader:

Eugenio Pérez (LP, 2nd District Pangasinan)

Members

Senate

First Session to Second Session
Senator		Party^a	Term Start	Term End
	Esteban R. Abada¹	LP	1949	1955
	Manuel C. Briones	NP	1951	1957
	Tomas L. Cabili	LP	1949	1955
	Edmundo B. Cea	NP	1953	1959
	Mariano Jesús L. Cuenco	NP	1953	1959
	Francisco A. Delgado	NP	1951	1957
	Ruperto M. Kangleon	DP	1953	1959
	José P. Laurel	NP	1951	1957
	Jose C. Locsin	NP	1951	1957
	Fernando Lopez	DP	1953	1959
	Alejo R. Mabanag	NP	1953	1959
	Enrique B. Magalona	LP	1949	1955
	Justiniano S. Montano	LP	1949	1955
	Quintin B. Paredes	LP	1949	1955
	Emmanuel N. Pelaez	NP	1953	1959
	Macario Peralta, Jr.	LP	1949	1955
	Cipriano P. Primicias, Sr.	NP	1951	1957
	Gil J. Puyat	NP	1951	1957
	Claro M. Recto	NP	1949	1955
	Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr.	NP	1953	1959
	Lorenzo M. Sumulong	LP	1949	1955
	Lorenzo M. Tañada	CP	1953	1959
	Jose C. Zulueta	NP	1951	1957
	Vacant²		1951	1957

^a Party affiliation at the time of their election.

CP – Citizens Party (caucuses with Nacionalista Party)

DP – Democratic Party (caucuses with Nacionalista Party)

LP – Liberal Party

NP – Nacionalista Party

^1 Died on December 17, 1954.

^2 Vacant after election of Carlos P. Garcia as Vice President in 1953.

Third Session to Fourth Session
Senator		Party^a	Term Start	Term End
	Domocao Alonto	NP	1955	1961
	Manuel C. Briones	NP	1951	1957
	Edmundo B. Cea	NP	1953	1959
	Mariano Jesús L. Cuenco	NP	1953	1959
	Francisco A. Delgado	NP	1951	1957
	Ruperto M. Kangleon	DP	1953	1959
	José P. Laurel	NP	1951	1957
	Roseller T. Lim¹	NP	1955	1957
	Jose C. Locsin	NP	1951	1957
	Fernando Lopez	DP	1953	1959
	Alejo R. Mabanag	NP	1953	1959
	Pacita Madrigal-Warns	NP	1955	1961
	Quintin B. Paredes	NP	1955	1961
	Emmanuel N. Pelaez	NP	1953	1959
	Cipriano P. Primicias, Sr.	NP	1951	1957
	Gil J. Puyat	NP	1951	1957
	Claro M. Recto	NP	1955	1961
	Francisco Rodrigo	NP	1955	1961
	Eulogio A. Rodriguez, Sr.	NP	1953	1959
	Decoroso Rosales	NP	1955	1961
	Pedro R. Sabido	NP	1955	1961
	Lorenzo M. Sumulong	NP	1955	1961
	Lorenzo M. Tañada	CP	1953	1959
	Jose C. Zulueta	NP	1951	1957

^1 Elected on November 8, 1955, to complete the unexpired term of Carlos P. Garcia.

House of Representatives

Third Congress representation map of the Philippines

Province/City	District	Representative
Abra	Lone	Lucas P. Paredes
Agusan	Lone	Guillermo R. Sanchez
Albay	1st	Lorenzo P. Ziga¹
	1st	Tecla San Andres Ziga²
	2nd	Justino Nuyda
	3rd	Pio Duran
Antique	Lone	Tobias Fornier
Bataan	Lone	Jose R. Nuguid
Batanes	Lone	Jorge A. Abad
Batangas	1st	Apolinario R. Apacible
	2nd	Numeriano U. Babao
	3rd	José B. Laurel, Jr.
Bohol	1st	Natalio P. Castillo
	2nd	Bartolome C. Cabangbang
	3rd	Esteban Bernido
Bukidnon	Lone	Cesar M. Fortich
Bulacan	1st	Erasmo R. Cruz
Bulacan	2nd	Rogaciano M. Mercado
Cagayan	1st	Felipe R. Garduque, Jr.
Cagayan	2nd	Paulino A. Alonzo
Camarines Norte	Lone	Fernando V. Pajarillo
Camarines Sur	1st	Emilio M. Tible
Camarines Sur	2nd	Felix A. Fuentebella
Capiz	1st	Carmen Dinglasan Consing
	2nd	Cornelio T. Villareal
	3rd	Godofredo P. Ramos
Catanduanes	Lone	Francisco A. Perfecto
Cavite	Lone	Jose T. Cajulis
Cebu	1st	Ramon M. Durano
	2nd	Pedro Lopez
	3rd	Maximino Noel
	4th	Isidro Kintanar
	5th	Miguel Cuenco
	6th	Santiago V. Lucero³
	6th	Manuel A. Zosa
	7th	Nicolas G. Escario
Cotabato	Lone	Luminog Datu Mangelen
Davao	Lone	Ismael L. Veloso
Ilocos Norte	1st	Antonio V. Raquiza⁴
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Ferdinand E. Marcos
Ilocos Sur	1st	Floro Crisologo
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Ricardo Gacula
Iloilo	1st	Pedro G. Trono
	2nd	Rodolfo Ganzon
	3rd	Ramon C. Tabiana
	4th	Ricardo Yap Ladrido
	5th	Jose M. Aldeguer
Isabela	Lone	Samuel Formoso Reyes⁵
Isabela	Lone	Delfin B. Albano
La Union	1st	Francisco Ortega
La Union	2nd	Manuel T. Cases
Laguna	1st	Jacobo Z. Gonzales
Laguna	2nd	Wenceslao R. Lagumbay
Lanao	Lone	Domocao Alonto⁶⁷
Lanao	Lone	Mohamad Ali Dimaporo
Leyte	1st	Carlos Tan
	2nd	Domingo Veloso
	3rd	Francisco M. Pajao
	4th	Daniel Z. Romualdez
	5th	Alberto T. Aguja
Manila	1st	Angel M. Castaño
	2nd	Joaquin R. Roces
	3rd	Arturo M. Tolentino
	4th	Augusto S. Francisco
Marinduque	Lone	Panfilo M. Manguera
Masbate	Lone	Mateo S. Pecson
Misamis Occidental	Lone	William L. Chiongbian
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Ignacio S. Cruz
Mountain Province	1st	Juan Bondad
	2nd	Ramon P. Mitra
	3rd	Luis Hora
Negros Occidental	1st	Jose Puey
	2nd	Carlos Hilado
	3rd	Agustin M. Gatuslao
Negros Oriental	1st	Lorenzo Teves
Negros Oriental	2nd	Lamberto L. Macias
Nueva Ecija	1st	Jose O. Corpus
Nueva Ecija	2nd	Celestino C. Juan
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Leonardo B. Perez
Occidental Mindoro	Lone	Felipe S. Abeleda
Oriental Mindoro	Lone	Conrado M. Morente
Palawan	Lone	Gaudencio E. Abordo
Pampanga	1st	Diosdado Macapagal
Pampanga	2nd	Emilio P. Cortez
Pangasinan	1st	Mario Bengson
	2nd	Eugenio Pérez^8
	3rd	Jose D. Parayno
	4th	Amadeo J. Perez
	5th	Justino Benito
Quezon	1st	Manuel S. Enverga
Quezon	2nd	Leon Guinto, Jr.
Rizal	1st	Eulogio Rodriguez, Jr.
Rizal	2nd	Serafin Salvador
Romblon	Lone	Florencio Moreno
Samar	1st	Gregorio B. Tan
	2nd	Marciano Lim
	3rd	Gregorio B. Abogado
Sorsogon	1st	Salvador R. Encinas
Sorsogon	2nd	Vicente Peralta
Sulu	Lone	Ombra Amilbangsa
Surigao	Lone	Reynaldo P. Honrado
Tarlac	1st	Jose J. Roy
Tarlac	2nd	Constancio E. Castañeda
Zambales	Lone	Enrique Corpus
Zamboanga del Norte	Lone	Alberto Ubay
Zamboanga del Sur	Lone	Roseller T. Lim⁶

^1 Died in office.

^2 Elected in a special election on November 8, 1955, to complete unexpired term of predecessor.

^3 Replaced by Manuel A. Zosa as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on February 21, 1956.

^4 Elected as Ilocos Norte Governor on November 8, 1955.

^5 Replaced by Delfin B. Albano as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on January 23, 1957.

^6 Elected to the Senate on November 8, 1955.

^7 Replaced by Mohamad Ali Dimaporo as per House Electoral Tribunal decision on July 21, 1957.

^8 Died in office

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.

Legislative periods of the Philippines

List Congress Senate House of Representatives

Revolutionary Period	Malolos Congress (1898–99)

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)

Malolos Congress Philippine Commission Philippine Legislature Commonwealth National Assembly Second Republic National Assembly Commonwealth Congress Batasang Pambansa

3rd Congress of the Philippines

Sessions

Legislation

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

External links

Further reading