The 9th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from 1931 to 1934...

creation of a Council of State and a Board of Control that enabled the Philippine legislature to share some of the executive powers of the American governor-general...

following year. Aquino was first elected to the Philippine Legislature as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives in 1919 representing the...

29, 1880 – April 13, 1975) was a Philippine legislator and the first Secretary of National Defense of the Philippine Commonwealth. Sisón was born on February...

representative of Batangas from 1919 to 1928 and as a senator in the Philippine Legislature from 1931 to 1935, he rose to prominence as the president of the...

organization, the head of labor in fact." Avelino is known as the Father of the Philippine Workmen’s Compensation Law; one of the most famous bills which he authored...

Sotero Julao Baluyut (born Sotero Baluyut y Julao; January 3, 1889 – January 6, 1975), also known as Sotero Baluyot, was a Filipino politician and civil...

September 18, 1960) was a Filipino doctor and politician who served as the 9th Mayor of Manila from August to December 1941 again on 1945 to 1946, he also...

Antonio Belo y Villaruz was a Filipino lawyer and politician who became Senator of the Philippines during the American occupation. He was born in Panay...

politician and lawyer. He was referred to as "Colossus of the South" in the Philippine press. Ruperto Montinola was born on March 18, 1869, in Bago, Negros Occidental...

Constitutional Convention that drafted the 1935 Philippine Constitution for the newly established Philippine Commonwealth. In the new government, he served...

1907 for the Philippine Assembly, this time electing one representative at-large. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected...

district in the first Philippine Assembly (which later became the House of Representatives) during the 1st Philippine Legislature, where he was majority...

speaker of the National Assembly from 1935 to 1938, and a member of the Philippine Senate from 1931 to 1935. Montilla was born on September 11, 1876, in...

Alejo Razulo Mabanag (July 14, 1886 – ?) was a Filipino lawyer and politician. Mabanag was born on San Fernando, La Union, to Liberato Mabanag of Camalaniugan...

starting in the 1922 elections. When seats for the upper house of the Philippine Legislature were elected from territory-based districts between 1916 and 1935...

The 6th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from 1922 to 1925...

district for the 5th Philippine Legislature on June 3, 1919 and served for three more terms until the 8th Philippine Legislature in 1931. The old first...

Legislative district of Mountain Province Philippine Legislature (1917). "Public Laws Enacted by the Philippine Legislature, Acts No. 2657 to 2710". Public Resolutions...

as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by the Japanese-installed Philippine Executive Commission in 1942. "Jose Generoso". Senate of the Philippines...

elections and served until 1934. During that time, he was a member of the Philippine Independence mission led by Senate President Manuel Quezon to the United...

2022. Lo, Ricky (August 30, 2013). "The Glorious Sampaguita Days". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 27, 2022. "José Olfinas Vera". Geni.com. November...

The town of Clarin in Misamis Occidental is named in his honor. List of Philippine legislators who died in office Oaminal, Clarence Paul (June 28, 2014)...

Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 5 June 2023. "ROSTER of Philippine Legislators (from 1907 to 2019)" (PDF). House of Representatives of the...

Ludovico Advincula Hidrosollo (September 2, 1885 – 1962) was a Filipino politician. Ludovico Hidrosollo was born on September 2, 1885, in Dumarao, Capiz...

Camarines's 3rd district for the Second Philippine Legislature in 1909. He also served in the Third Philippine Legislature until 1916. He convinced his father...

he was relieved from his "temporal powers" as sultan and by 1936, the Philippine Commonwealth had stopped recognizing the Sultanate of Sulu. There is still...

The 5th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from 1919 to 1922...

The 4th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippine Islands under the sovereign control of the United States from October...

voting rights. The Philippine Bill of 1902 mandated the creation of a bicameral or a two-chamber Philippine Legislature with the Philippine Commission as the...