# 5th Congress of the Philippines

The 5th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalimang Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 22, 1962, until December 17, 1965, during the presidency of Diosdado Macapagal.

## Sessions

* First Regular Session: January 22 – May 17, 1962
* Second Regular Session: January 28 – May 23, 1963
* First Special Session: June 10 – July 12, 1963
* Third Regular Session: January 27 – May 21, 1964
* Second Special Session: May 22 – June 25, 1964
* Third Special Session: June 26 – July 8, 1964
* Fourth Special Session: August 3–15, 1964
* Fourth Regular Session: January 25 – May 20, 1965
* First Joint Session: March 1 – May 5, 1965
* Fifth Special Session: May 21 – June 24, 1965
* Sixth Special Session: June 30 – July 12, 1965
* Second Joint Session: December 14–17, 1965

## Legislation

The Fifth Congress passed a total of 1,192 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 3451 – 4642)

## Leadership
### Senate

* President:
** Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista), until April 5, 1963
** Ferdinand Marcos (Liberal), from April 5, 1963
* President pro tempore: Fernando Lopez (Nacionalista)
* Majority Floor Leader: Arturo Tolentino (Nacionalista)
* Minority Floor Leader: Estanislao Fernandez (Liberal)

### House of Representatives

* Speaker:
** Daniel Romualdez (Leyte–1st, Nacionalista), until March 9, 1962
** Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal), from March 9, 1962
* Speaker pro tempore: Salipada Pendatun (Cotabato, Liberal)
* Majority Floor Leader: Justiniano Montano (Cavite, Nacionalista)
* Minority Floor Leader:
** Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal), until March 9, 1962
** Daniel Romualdez (Leyte–1st, Nacionalista), from March 9, 1962

## Members
### Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:
* For senators elected on November 12, 1957: December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1963
* For senators elected on November 10, 1959: December 30, 1959 – December 30, 1965
* For senators elected on November 14, 1961: December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1967
* For senators elected on November 12, 1963: December 30, 1963 – December 30, 1969
| Senator | Party | Term ending |
| Alejandro Almendras | Nacionalista | 1965 |
| Gaudencio Antonino | Liberal | 1967 |
| Eulogio Balao | Nacionalista | 1963 |
| Mariano Jesus Cuenco | Nacionalista | 1965 |
| Rogelio de la Rosa | Liberal | 1963 |
| Jose W. Diokno | Nacionalista | 1969 |
| Estanislao Fernandez | Liberal | 1965 |
| Rodolfo Ganzon | Nacionalista | 1969 |
| Maria Kalaw Katigbak | Liberal | 1967 |
| Oscar Ledesma | Nacionalista | 1963 |
| Roseller T. Lim | Nacionalista | 1963 |
| Juan Liwag | Liberal | 1969 |
| Fernando Lopez | Nacionalista | 1965 |
| Genaro Magsaysay | Nacionalista | 1965 |
| Manuel Manahan | Progressive | 1967 |
| Raul Manglapus | Progressive | 1967 |
| Ferdinand Marcos | Liberal | 1965 |
| Camilo Osias | Liberal | 1967 |
| Ambrosio Padilla | Liberal | 1963, 1969 |
| Cipriano Primicias Sr. | Nacionalista | 1963 |
| Gil Puyat | Nacionalista | 1963, 1969 |
| Soc Rodrigo | Nacionalista | 1967 |
| Eulogio Rodriguez | Nacionalista | 1965 |
| Gerardo Roxas | Liberal | 1969 |
| Jose Roy | Nacionalista | 1967 |
| Tecla San Andres Ziga | Liberal | 1969 |
| Lorenzo Sumulong | Nacionalista | 1967 |
| Lorenzo Tañada | NCP | 1965 |
| Arturo Tolentino | Nacionalista | 1963, 1969 |

### House of Representatives

| Province/City | District | Representative | Party |
| Abra | Lone | Lucas P. Paredes | Nacionalista |
| Agusan | Lone | Guillermo R. Sanchez | Nacionalista |
| Aklan | Lone | Godofredo P. Ramos | Nacionalista |
| Albay | 1st | Venancio P. Ziga | Nacionalista |
| Albay | 2nd | Justino Nuyda | Nacionalista |
| Albay | 3rd | Josefina B. Duran | Liberal |
| Antique | Lone | Tobias Fornier | Nacionalista |
| Bataan | Lone | Jose R. Nuguid | Nacionalista |
| Batanes | Lone | Jorge A. Abad | Liberal |
| Batangas | 1st | Apolinario R. Apacible | Nacionalista |
| Batangas | 1st | Luis N. Lopez | Liberal |
| Batangas | 2nd | Apolinario V. Marasigan | Nacionalista |
| Batangas | 3rd | Jose Laurel Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Bohol | 1st | Natalio P. Castillo | Nacionalista |
| Bohol | 2nd | Bartolome Cabangbang | Nacionalista |
| Bohol | 3rd | Maximino A. Garcia | Nacionalista |
| Bukidnon | Lone | Cesar M. Fortich | Nacionalista |
| Bulacan | 1st | Teodulo C. Natividad | Nacionalista |
| Bulacan | 2nd | Rogaciano M. Mercado | Nacionalista |
| Cagayan | 1st | Tito M. Dupaya | Nacionalista |
| Cagayan | 2nd | Benjamin Ligot | Nacionalista |
| Camarines Norte | Lone | Marcial R. Pimentel | Liberal |
| Camarines Sur | 1st | Juan F. Triviño | Nacionalista |
| Camarines Sur | 2nd | Felix Fuentebella | Nacionalista |
| Capiz | 1st | Gerardo Roxas | Liberal |
| Capiz | 2nd | Cornelio Villareal | Liberal |
| Catanduanes | Lone | Jose M. Alberto | Liberal |
| Cavite | Lone | Justiniano Montano | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 1st | Ramon M. Durano | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 2nd | Jose Briones | Liberal |
| Cebu | 3rd | Maximino Noel | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 4th | Isidro Kintanar | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 5th | Miguel Cuenco | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 6th | Manuel A. Zosa | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 7th | Tereso Dumon | Nacionalista |
| Cotabato | Lone | Salipada Pendatun | Liberal |
| Davao | Lone | Ismael L. Veloso | Liberal |
| Ilocos Norte | 1st | Antonio Raquiza | Liberal |
| Ilocos Norte | 2nd | Simeon M. Valdez | Nacionalista |
| Ilocos Sur | 1st | Floro Crisologo | Liberal |
| Ilocos Sur | 2nd | Pablo Sanidad | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 1st | Pedro G. Trono | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 2nd | Rodolfo Ganzon | Nacionalista |
| Iloilo | 3rd | Ramon C. Tabiana | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 3rd | Gloria M. Tabiana | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 4th | Ricardo Yap Ladrido | Nacionalista |
| Iloilo | 5th | Jose M. Aldeguer | Nacionalista |
| Isabela | Lone | Delfin B. Albano | Nacionalista |
| La Union | 1st | Francisco Ortega | Nacionalista |
| La Union | 2nd | Manuel T. Cases | Liberal |
| Laguna | 1st | Joaquin E. Chipeco | Nacionalista |
| Laguna | 2nd | Wenceslao Lagumbay | Nacionalista |
| Lanao del Norte | Lone | Laurentino Ll. Badelles | Nacionalista |
| Lanao del Sur | Lone | Rashid Lucman | Liberal |
| Leyte | 1st | Daniel Romualdez | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 2nd | Primo Villasin | Liberal |
| Leyte | 3rd | Marcelino R. Veloso | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 4th | Dominador M. Tan | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 1st | Fidel A. Santiago | Liberal |
| Manila | 2nd | Joaquin R. Roces | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 3rd | Ramon Bagatsing | Liberal |
| Manila | 4th | Justo Albert | Liberal |
| Marinduque | Lone | Francisco M. Lecaroz | Nacionalista |
| Masbate | Lone | Emilio Espinosa Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Misamis Occidental | Lone | William Chiongbian | Liberal |
| Misamis Occidental | Lone | Guillermo C. Sambo | Nacionalista |
| Misamis Oriental | Lone | Vicente B. de Lara | Liberal |
| Mountain Province | 1st | Alfredo G. Lamen | |
| Mountain Province | 2nd | Ramon P. Mitra | |
| Mountain Province | 3rd | Luis Hora | |
| Negros Occidental | 1st | Vicente F. Gustilo Sr. | Nacionalista |
| Negros Occidental | 1st | Armando C. Gustilo | Nacionalista |
| Negros Occidental | 2nd | Inocencio V. Ferrer | Nacionalista |
| Negros Occidental | 3rd | Agustin M. Gatuslao | Nacionalista |
| Negros Oriental | 1st | Lorenzo Teves | Nacionalista |
| Negros Oriental | 2nd | Lamberto L. Macias | Nacionalista |
| Nueva Ecija | 1st | Eugenio T. Baltao | Liberal |
| Nueva Ecija | 2nd | Felicisimo Ocampo | Liberal |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Lone | Leonardo B. Perez | Nacionalista |
| Occidental Mindoro | Lone | Felipe S. Abeleda | Liberal |
| Oriental Mindoro | Lone | Luciano A. Joson | Liberal |
| Palawan | Lone | Gaudencio E. Abordo | Nacionalista |
| Pampanga | 1st | Francisco Nepomuceno | Liberal |
| Pampanga | 2nd | Emilio P. Cortez | Nacionalista |
| Pangasinan | 1st | Aguedo F. Agbayani | Nacionalista |
| Pangasinan | 2nd | Angel B. Fernandez | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 3rd | Cipriano Primicias Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Pangasinan | 4th | Amadeo J. Perez | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 5th | Luciano Millan | Nacionalista |
| Quezon | 1st | Manuel S. Enverga | Nacionalista |
| Quezon | 2nd | Eladio A. Caliwara | Liberal |
| Rizal | 1st | Rufino D. Antonio | Liberal |
| Rizal | 2nd | Jovito Salonga | Liberal |
| Romblon | Lone | Jose D. Moreno | Nacionalista |
| Samar | 1st | Eladio T. Balite | Nacionalista |
| Samar | 2nd | Fernando R. Veloso | Nacionalista |
| Samar | 3rd | Felipe J. Abrigo | Nacionalista |
| Sorsogon | 1st | Salvador R. Encinas | Nacionalista |
| Sorsogon | 2nd | Vicente Peralta | Nacionalista |
| Southern Leyte | Lone | Nicanor Yñiguez | Nacionalista |
| Sulu | Lone | Salih Ututalum | Nacionalista |
| Surigao del Norte | Lone | Reynaldo P. Honrado | Nacionalista |
| Surigao del Sur | Lone | Vicente L. Pimentel | Liberal |
| Tarlac | 1st | Peping Cojuangco | Nacionalista |
| Tarlac | 2nd | Constancio E. Castañeda | Nacionalista |
| Zambales | Lone | Virgilio L. Afable | Nacionalista |
| Zamboanga del Norte | Lone | Alberto Ubay | Nacionalista |
| Zamboanga del Sur | Lone | Vincenzo Sagun | Nacionalista |