4th Philippine Legislature

Joint session of Philippine Legislature, Manila. November 15, 1916

The Fourth Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippine Islands under the sovereign control of the United States from October 16, 1916 to March 8, 1919.

Sessions

• First Regular Session: October 16, 1916– February 8, 1917
  • First Special Session: February 12 – February 22, 1917
• Second Regular Session: October 16, 1917 – February 8, 1918
  • Second Special Session: September 30 – October 2, 1918
• Third Regular Session: October 7, 1918 – February 8, 1919
  • Third Special Session: March 1 – March 8, 1919

Legislation

The Fourth Philippine Legislature passed a total of 204 laws (Act Nos. 2665 – 2868)

Leadership

Philippine Senate

• President of the Senate

Manuel L. Quezon (Nacionalista, Fifth District)

• Majority Floor Leader:

Francisco F. Villanueva (Nacionalista, Seventh District)

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House of Representatives

Sergio Osmeña (Nacionalista, 2nd District Cebu)

Members

Philippine Senate

District	Senator		Party
1st District		Vicente Singson Encarnacion	Progresista
		Juan Villamor	Nacionalista
2nd District		Aquilino Calvo	Nacionalista
		Pedro Ma. Sison	Nacionalista
3rd District		Isauro Gabaldon	Nacionalista
		Francisco Tongio Liongson	Nacionalista
4th District		Pedro Guevara	Nacionalista
		Rafael Palma	Nacionalista
5th District		Vicente Ilustre	Independent
		Manuel L. Quezon	Nacionalista
6th District		Mario Guarina	Nacionalista
		Leoncio Imperial	Nacionalista
7th District		Jose Altavas	Nacionalista
		Francisco F. Villanueva	Nacionalista
8th District		Esperidion Guanco	Nacionalista
		Manuel Lopez	Nacionalista
9th District		Esteban Singson	Nacionalista
		Jose Ma. Veloso	Nacionalista
10th District		Mario Guarina	Nacionalista
		Leoncio Imperial	Nacionalista
11th District		Nicolas Capistrano	Nacionalista
		Jose A. Clarin	Nacionalista
12th District		Hadji Butu	Nacionalista
		Joaquin D. Luna	Nacionalista

^1 Resigned on February 1, 1917. Replaced by Matias Gonzales who was elected in a special election held on May 5, 1917.

^2 Appointed by the Governor-General of the Philippines, per Act No. 2711 enacted on March 10, 1917.

House of Representatives

Province	District	Representative
Albay	1st	Domingo Diaz
	2nd	Jose O. Vera
	3rd	Tomas Luna
Ambos Camarines	1st	Gonzalo S. Escalante
	2nd	Manuel Rey
	3rd	Sulpicio V. Cea
Antique	Lone	Ramon Maza
Bataan	Lone	Maximino de los Reyes
Batanes	Lone	Juan G. Castillejos
Batangas	1st	Ramon Diokno
	2nd	Pablo Borbon
	3rd	Benito Reyes Katigbak
Bohol	1st	Celestino Gallares
	2nd	Macario Lumain
	3rd	Filomeno Orbeta Casenas
Bulacan	1st	Mariano Escueta
	2nd	Ricardo Gonzales Lloret
Cagayan	1st	Vicente T. Fernandez
	2nd	Miguel Concepcion Nava
Capiz	1st	Antonio Belo
	2nd	Leopoldo Mobo Alba
	3rd	Leonardo Festin
Cavite	Lone	Emiliano Tria Tirona
Cebu	1st	Jose Hernaez
	2nd	Sergio Osmeña
	3rd	Vicente Urgello
	4th	Alejandro Ruiz
	5th	Mariano Jesús Cuenco
	6th	Miguel Raffiñan
	7th	Tomas Alonzo
Ilocos Norte	1st	Vicente T. Llanes
	2nd	Melchor Flor
Ilocos Sur	1st	Alberto Reyes
	2nd	Ponciano Morales
	3rd	Eustaquio Purugganan
Iloilo	1st	Jose M. Arroyo
	2nd	Cresenciano Lozano
	3rd	Nicanor Gregorius
	4th	Tiburcio Lutero
	5th	Juan de Leon
Isabela	Lone	Mauro Verzosa
La Union	1st	Juan T. Lucero
	2nd	Valerio M. Fontanilla
Laguna	1st	Feliciano Gomez
	2nd	Crisanto M. Guysayko
Leyte	1st	Manuel Veloso
	2nd	Dalmacio Costas
	3rd	Segundo Apostol
	4th	Ruperto Kapunan
Manila	1st	Antonio Montenegro
	2nd	Luciano de la Rosa
Mindanao and Sulu	At-Large	Rafael Acuña
		Datu Benito
		Teodoro Palma Gil
		Pablo Lorenzo
		Datu Piang
Mindoro	Lone	Mariano P. Leuterio
Misamis	1st	Gregorio Borromeo
	2nd	Ramon B. Neri
Mountain Province	At-Large	Rafael Bulayungan
		Juan Cariño
		Valentin Manglapus
Negros Occidental	1st	Lope B. Severino
	2nd	Rafael R. Alunan
	3rd	Gil Montilla
Negros Oriental	1st	Restituto Villegas
	2nd	Felipe Tayko
Nueva Ecija	Lone	Isidoro Gonzales
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Wenceslao Valera
Palawan	Lone	Manuel Sandoval
Pampanga	1st	Eduardo Gutierrez David
	2nd	Pedro Abad Santos
Pangasinan	1st	Modesto Sison
	2nd	Aquilino Banaag
	3rd	Alejandro de Guzman
	4th	Teodoro I. Gomez
	5th	Bernabe de Guzman
Rizal	1st	Arcadio Santos
	2nd	Eugenio Santos
Samar	1st	Pedro K. Mendiola
	2nd	Pastor Salazar
	3rd	Jose Lugay Raquel
Sorsogon	1st	Manuel Escudero
	2nd	Amancio Aguilar
Surigao	Lone	Eusebio Tiongko
Tarlac	1st	Luis Morales
	2nd	Cayetano Rivera
Tayabas	1st	Alfonso M. Recto
	2nd	Gregorio Nieva
Zambales	Lone	Guillermo F. Pablo

^2 Appointed by the Governor-General of the Philippines, per Act No. 2711 enacted on March 10, 1917.

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library