# 2nd Congress of the Philippines

The 2nd Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalawang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from December 30, 1949, until December 8, 1953, during the second term of President Elpidio Quirino.

## Sessions

* First Special Session: December 30, 1949 – January 5, 1950
* First Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1950
* Second Special Session: August 1–25, 1950
* Third Special Session: December 4, 1950 – January 6, 1951
* Fourth Special Session: January 8–19, 1951
* Second Regular Session: January 22 – May 17, 1951
* Fifth Special Session: May 21–29, 1951
* Third Regular Session: January 28 – May 22, 1952
* Sixth Special Session: June 23 – July 15, 1952
* Seventh Special Session: November 4–8, 1952
* Fourth Regular Session: January 26, 1953 – May 21, 1953
* Joint Session: December 8, 1953

## Legislation

The Second Congress passed a total of 551 laws.

## Leadership
### Senate

* President:
** Mariano Jesus Cuenco (Liberal), until March 5, 1952
** Quintin Paredes (Liberal), March 5 – April 17, 1952
** Camilo Osias (Nacionalista), April 17–30, 1952
** Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), April 30, 1952 – April 17, 1953
** Camilo Osias (Nacionalista), April 17 – May 20. 1953
** Jose Zulueta (Nacionalista), May 20 – November 30, 1953
** Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), from November 30, 1953
* President pro tempore:
** Quintin Paredes (Liberal), until March 5, 1952
** Esteban Abada (Liberal), March 5 – May 7, 1952
** Manuel Briones (Liberal), May 7, 1952 – April 17, 1953
** Jose Zulueta (Nacionalista), April 17–30, 1953
** Manuel Briones (Liberal), from April 30, 1953
* Majority Floor Leader: Tomas Cabili (Liberal)
* Minority Floor Leader: Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista)

### House of Representatives

* Speaker: Eugenio Perez (Pangasinan–2nd, Liberal)
* Speaker pro tempore: Domingo Veloso (Leyte–2nd, Liberal)
* Majority Floor Leader: Raul T. Leuterio (Mindoro, Liberal)
* Minority Floor Leader: Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista)

## Members
### Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:
* For senators elected on April 23, 1946: May 25, 1946 – December 30, 1951
* For senators elected on November 11, 1947: December 30, 1947 – December 30, 1953
* For senators elected on November 8, 1949: December 30, 1949 – December 30, 1955
* For senators elected on November 13, 1951: December 30, 1951 – December 30, 1957
| Senator | Party | Term ending |
| Esteban Abada | Liberal | 1955 |
| Pablo Angeles David | Liberal | 1953 |
| Melecio Arranz | Liberal | 1951 |
| Jose Avelino | Liberal | 1951 |
| Manuel Briones | Nacionalista | 1957 |
| Tomas Cabili | Nacionalista | 1955 |
| Tomas V. Confesor | Nacionalista | 1951 |
| Mariano Jesus Cuenco | Liberal | 1951 |
| Teodoro de Vera | Liberal | 1955 |
| Francisco Afan Delgado | Nacionalista | 1957 |
| Vicente Francisco | Liberal | 1951 |
| Carlos P. Garcia | Nacionalista | 1951, 1957 |
| Jose P. Laurel | Nacionalista | 1957 |
| Jose Locsin | Liberal | 1957 |
| Vicente Madrigal | Liberal | 1953 |
| Enrique Magalona | Liberal | 1955 |
| Justiniano Montano | Liberal | 1955 |
| Camilo Osias | Nacionalista | 1953 |
| Quintin Paredes | Liberal | 1955 |
| Geronima Pecson | Liberal | 1953 |
| Macario Peralta Jr. | Liberal | 1955 |
| Cipriano Primicias Sr. | Nacionalista | 1957 |
| Gil Puyat | Liberal | 1957 |
| Claro M. Recto | Nacionalista | 1955 |
| Eulogio Rodriguez | Nacionalista | 1953 |
| Vicente Sotto | Popular Front | 1951 |
| Lorenzo Sumulong | Liberal | 1955 |
| Lorenzo Tañada | Liberal | 1953 |
| Emiliano Tria Tirona | Liberal | 1953 |
| Ramon Torres | Liberal | 1951 |
| Felixberto Verano | Nacionalista | 1953 |
| Jose Zulueta | Nacionalista | 1957 |

### House of Representatives

| Province/City | District | Representative | Party |
| Abra | Lone | Virgilio Valera | Liberal |
| Agusan | Lone | Marcos M. Calo | Liberal |
| Albay | 1st | Lorenzo P. Ziga | Liberal |
| Albay | 2nd | Justino Nuyda | Nacionalista |
| Albay | 3rd | Pio Duran | Nacionalista |
| Antique | Lone | Tobias Fornier | Nacionalista |
| Bataan | Lone | Medina Lacson de Leon | Nacionalista |
| Batanes | Lone | Jorge A. Abad | Independent |
| Batangas | 1st | Apolinario R. Apacible | Nacionalista |
| Batangas | 2nd | Numeriano U. Babao | Nacionalista |
| Batangas | 3rd | Jose Laurel Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Bohol | 1st | Luis T. Clarin | Liberal |
| Bohol | 2nd | Simeon G. Toribio | Liberal |
| Bohol | 3rd | Esteban Bernido | Nacionalista |
| Bukidnon | Lone | Cesar M. Fortich | Liberal |
| Bulacan | 1st | Florante C. Roque | Liberal |
| Bulacan | 1st | Erasmo Cruz | Nacionalista |
| Bulacan | 2nd | Alejo Santos | Nacionalista |
| Cagayan | 1st | Domingo S. Siazon | Nacionalista |
| Cagayan | 2nd | Paulino A. Alonzo | Liberal |
| Camarines Norte | Lone | Esmeraldo Eco | Liberal |
| Camarines Sur | 1st | Emilio M. Tible | Nacionalista |
| Camarines Sur | 2nd | Edmundo B. Cea | Nacionalista |
| Capiz | 1st | Ramon A. Arnaldo | Liberal |
| Capiz | 2nd | Cornelio Villareal | Liberal |
| Capiz | 3rd | Godofredo P. Ramos | Nacionalista |
| Catanduanes | Lone | Severiano P. de Leon | Liberal |
| Cavite | Lone | Manuel S. Rojas | Liberal |
| Cebu | 1st | Ramon M. Durano | Liberal |
| Cebu | 2nd | Leandro Tojong | Liberal |
| Cebu | 2nd | Vicente Logarta | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 3rd | Primitivo Sato | Liberal |
| Cebu | 3rd | Maximino Noel | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 4th | Filomeno C. Kintanar | Liberal |
| Cebu | 5th | Miguel Cuenco | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 6th | Manuel A. Zosa | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 7th | Nicolas Escario | Liberal |
| Cotabato | Lone | Datu Blah T. Sinsuat | Nacionalista |
| Davao | Lone | Ismael L. Veloso | Nacionalista |
| Ilocos Norte | 1st | Antonio Raquiza | Liberal |
| Ilocos Norte | 2nd | Ferdinand Marcos | Liberal |
| Ilocos Sur | 1st | Floro Crisologo | Liberal |
| Ilocos Sur | 2nd | Ricardo Gacula | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 1st | Jose Zulueta | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 2nd | Pascual Espinosa | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 3rd | Patricio V. Confesor | Nacionalista |
| Iloilo | 4th | Ricardo Yap Ladrido | Nacionalista |
| Iloilo | 5th | Jose M. Aldeguer | Nacionalista |
| Isabela | Lone | Samuel Formoso Reyes | Liberal |
| La Union | 1st | Miguel Rilloraza Jr. | Nacionalista |
| La Union | 2nd | Manuel T. Cases | Liberal |
| Laguna | 1st | Manuel Concordia | Liberal |
| Laguna | 2nd | Juan A. Baes | Nacionalista |
| Laguna | 2nd | Estanislao Fernandez | Liberal |
| Lanao | Lone | Mohammad Ali Dimaporo | Liberal |
| Leyte | 1st | Mateo Canonoy | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 2nd | Domingo Veloso | Liberal |
| Leyte | 3rd | Francisco M. Pajao | Liberal |
| Leyte | 4th | Daniel Romualdez | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 5th | Atilano R. Cinco | Liberal |
| Manila | 1st | Engracio Clemeña | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 2nd | Arsenio Lacson | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 3rd | Arturo Tolentino | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 4th | Hermenegildo Atienza | Liberal |
| Manila | 4th | Gavino Viola Fernando | Nacionalista |
| Marinduque | Lone | Panfilo M. Manguera | Nacionalista |
| Masbate | Lone | Emilio B. Espinosa | Liberal |
| Mindoro | Lone | Raul T. Leuterio | Liberal |
| Misamis Occidental | Lone | Porfirio G. Villarin | Liberal |
| Misamis Oriental | Lone | Emmanuel Pelaez | Liberal |
| Mountain Province | 1st | Antonio Canao | Liberal |
| Mountain Province | 2nd | Dennis Molintas | Liberal |
| Mountain Province | 2nd | Ramon P. Mitra | Nacionalista |
| Mountain Province | 3rd | Gabriel Dunuan | Liberal |
| Negros Occidental | 1st | Francisco Ferrer | Liberal |
| Negros Occidental | 2nd | Carlos Hilado | Liberal |
| Negros Occidental | 3rd | Augurio Abeto | Liberal |
| Negros Oriental | 1st | Pedro A. Bandoquillo | Liberal |
| Negros Oriental | 2nd | Enrique Medina | Liberal |
| Nueva Ecija | 1st | Jose O. Corpus | Liberal |
| Nueva Ecija | 2nd | Jesus Ilagan | Liberal |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Lone | Leon Cabarroguis | Liberal |
| Occidental Mindoro | Lone | Jesus V. Abeleda | Nacionalista |
| Oriental Mindoro | Lone | Raul T. Leuterio | Liberal |
| Palawan | Lone | Gaudencio E. Abordo | Nacionalista |
| Palawan | Lone | Sofronio Española | Liberal |
| Pampanga | 1st | Diosdado Macapagal | Liberal |
| Pampanga | 2nd | Artemio Macalino | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 1st | Sulpicio R. Soriano | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 2nd | Eugenio Perez | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 3rd | Jose L. de Guzman | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 4th | Amadeo J. Perez | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 5th | Cipriano S. Allas | Liberal |
| Quezon | 1st | Narciso H. Umali | Nacionalista |
| Quezon | 2nd | Gaudencio V. Vera | Liberal |
| Rizal | 1st | Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Rizal | 2nd | Emilio de la Paz | Nacionalista |
| Rizal | 2nd | Isaias R. Salonga | Nacionalista |
| Romblon | Lone | Florencio Moreno | Nacionalista |
| Samar | 1st | Agripino Escareal | Liberal |
| Samar | 2nd | Tito V. Tizon | Liberal |
| Samar | 3rd | Gregorio B. Abogado | Liberal |
| Sorsogon | 1st | Modesto Galias | Liberal |
| Sorsogon | 2nd | Tomas Clemente | Liberal |
| Sulu | Lone | Gulamu Rasul | Nacionalista |
| Sulu | Lone | Ombra Amilbangsa | Liberal |
| Surigao | Lone | Felixberto Verano | Nacionalista |
| Tarlac | 1st | Jose Roy | Liberal |
| Tarlac | 2nd | Jose Y. Feliciano | Liberal |
| Zambales | Lone | Ramon Magsaysay | Liberal |
| Zambales | Lone | Cesar Miraflor | Liberal |
| Zamboanga | Lone | Roseller T. Lim | Nacionalista |