# 6th Congress of the Philippines

The 6th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikaanim na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, met from January 17, 1966, until June 17, 1969, during the first three-and-a-half years of Ferdinand Marcos's presidency.

## Sessions

* First Special Session: January 17–22, 1966
* First Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1966
* Second Special Session: May 20 – June 18, 1966
* Third Special Session: August 15–27, 1966
* First Joint Session: April 25 and June 1, 1966
* Second Regular Session: January 23 – May 18, 1967
* Fourth Special Session: June 1 – July 5, 1967
* Fifth Special Session: July 17 – August 18, 1967
* Second Joint Session: January 30, February 13, February 27, March 8 and March 14–16, 1967
* Third Regular Session: January 22 – May 16, 1968
* Third Joint Session: February 20 – March 1, 1968
* Sixth Special Session: May 17–28, 1968
* Seventh Special Session: July 8 – August 10, 1968
* Eighth Special Session: August 12–31, 1968
* Fourth Regular Session: January 27 – May 22, 1969
* Ninth Special Session: June 2 – July 5, 1969
* Fourth Joint Session: June 11–17, 1969

## Legislation

The Sixth Congress passed a total of 1,481 laws. (Republic Act Nos. 4643 – 6123)

## Leadership
### Senate

* President:
** Arturo Tolentino (Nacionalista), until January 26, 1967
** Gil Puyat (Nacionalista), from January 26, 1967
* President pro tempore:
** Lorenzo Sumulong (Nacionalista), until January 26, 1967
** Jose Roy (Nacionalista), from January 26, 1967
* Majority Floor Leader:
** Jose Roy (Nacionalista), until January 26, 1967
** Rodolfo Ganzon (Nacionalista), from January 26, 1967
* Minority Floor Leader: Ambrosio Padilla (Liberal)

### House of Representatives

* Speaker:
** Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal), until February 2, 1967
** Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista), from February 2, 1967
* Speaker pro tempore: Jose M. Aldeguer (Iloilo–5th, Nacionalista)
* Majority Floor Leader:
** Justiniano Montano (Cavite, Nacionalista), until February 2, 1967
** Marcelino Veloso (Leyte–3rd, Nacionalista), from February 2, 1967
* Minority Floor Leader:
** Jose Laurel Jr. (Batangas–3rd, Nacionalista), until February 2, 1967
** Cornelio Villareal (Capiz–2nd, Liberal), from February 2, 1967

## Members
### Senate

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:
* 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
* For senators elected on November 9, 1965: December 30, 1965 – December 30, 1971
* For senators elected on November 14, 1967: December 30, 1967 – December 30, 1973
| Senator | Party | Term ending |
| Alejandro Almendras | Nacionalista | 1971 |
| Gaudencio Antonino | Liberal | 1967 |
| Magnolia Antonino | Nacionalista | 1973 |
| Ninoy Aquino | Liberal | 1973 |
| Dominador Aytona | Nacionalista | 1971 |
| Helena Benitez | Nacionalista | 1973 |
| Jose W. Diokno | Nacionalista | 1969 |
| Eva Estrada Kalaw | Nacionalista | 1971 |
| Rodolfo Ganzon | Nacionalista | 1969 |
| Maria Kalaw Katigbak | Liberal | 1967 |
| Wenceslao Lagumbay | Nacionalista | 1971 |
| Salvador Laurel | Nacionalista | 1973 |
| Juan Liwag | Liberal | 1969 |
| Genaro Magsaysay | Nacionalista | 1971 |
| Manuel Manahan | Liberal | 1967 |
| Raul Manglapus | Liberal | 1967 |
| Camilo Osias | Liberal | 1967 |
| Sergio Osmeña Jr. | Liberal | 1971 |
| Ambrosio Padilla | Liberal | 1969 |
| Emmanuel Pelaez | Nacionalista | 1973 |
| Leonardo B. Perez | Nacionalista | 1973 |
| Gil Puyat | Nacionalista | 1969 |
| Soc Rodrigo | Nacionalista | 1967 |
| Gerardo Roxas | Liberal | 1969 |
| Jose Roy | Nacionalista | 1967, 1973 |
| Jovito Salonga | Liberal | 1971 |
| Tecla San Andres Ziga | Liberal | 1969 |
| Lorenzo Sumulong | Nacionalista | 1967 |
| Lorenzo Tañada | NCP | 1971 |
| Lorenzo Teves | Nacionalista | 1973 |
| Arturo Tolentino | Nacionalista | 1969 |

### House of Representatives

| Province/City | District | Representative | Party |
| Abra | Lone | Carmelo Z. Barbero | Liberal |
| Agusan | Lone | Jose C. Aquino | Liberal |
| Aklan | Lone | Rafael B. Legaspi | Nacionalista |
| Albay | 1st | Venancio P. Ziga | Liberal |
| Albay | 2nd | Carlos R. Imperial | Nacionalista |
| Albay | 3rd | Josefina B. Duran | Liberal |
| Antique | Lone | Jose A. Fornier | Independent |
| Bataan | Lone | Pablo R. Roman | Liberal |
| Batanes | Lone | Aurora B. Abad | Liberal |
| Batangas | 1st | Federico M. Serrano | Nacionalista |
| Batangas | 2nd | Olegario B. Cantos | Liberal |
| Batangas | 3rd | Jose Laurel Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Bohol | 1st | Natalio P. Castillo | Nacionalista |
| Bohol | 2nd | Jose S. Zafra | Nacionalista |
| Bohol | 3rd | Teodoro B. Galagar | Nacionalista |
| Bukidnon | Lone | Benjamin N. Tabios | Liberal |
| Bulacan | 1st | Teodulo C. Natividad | Nacionalista |
| Bulacan | 2nd | Rogaciano M. Mercado | Nacionalista |
| Cagayan | 1st | Tito M. Dupaya | Liberal |
| Cagayan | 2nd | Benjamin Ligot | Liberal |
| Camarines Norte | Lone | Fernando V. Pajarillo | Nacionalista |
| Camarines Sur | 1st | Ramon Felipe Jr. | Liberal |
| Camarines Sur | 2nd | Felix Fuentebella | Nacionalista |
| Capiz | 1st | Mariano H. Acuña | Liberal |
| Capiz | 2nd | Cornelio Villareal | Liberal |
| Catanduanes | Lone | Jose M. Alberto | Liberal |
| Cavite | Lone | Justiniano Montano | Liberal |
| Cebu | 1st | Ramon M. Durano | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 2nd | Jose Briones | Liberal |
| Cebu | 3rd | Ernesto Bascon | Liberal |
| Cebu | 4th | Isidro Kintanar | Nacionalista |
| Cebu | 5th | Antonio Cuenco | Liberal |
| Cebu | 6th | Amado B. Arrieta | Liberal |
| Cebu | 7th | Tereso Dumon | Liberal |
| Cotabato | Lone | Salipada Pendatun | Liberal |
| Davao | Lone | Lorenzo S. Sarmiento | Liberal |
| Davao del Norte | Lone | Lorenzo S. Sarmiento | Liberal |
| Davao del Sur | Lone | Artemio A. Loyola | Nacionalista |
| Davao Oriental | Lone | Constancio P. Maglana | Nacionalista |
| Eastern Samar | Lone | Felipe J. Abrigo | Liberal |
| Ilocos Norte | 1st | Antonio Raquiza | Liberal |
| Ilocos Norte | 1st | Roque Ablan Jr. | Nacionalista |
| 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 | Fermin Z. Caram Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Iloilo | 3rd | Gloria M. Tabiana | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 4th | Ricardo Yap Ladrido | Liberal |
| Iloilo | 5th | Jose M. Aldeguer | Nacionalista |
| Isabela | Lone | Melanio T. Singson | Liberal |
| La Union | 1st | Magnolia Antonino | Independent |
| La Union | 2nd | Epifanio B. Castillejos | Nacionalista |
| Laguna | 1st | Manuel Concordia | Liberal |
| Laguna | 2nd | Magdaleno M. Palacol | Liberal |
| Lanao del Norte | Lone | Mohammad Ali Dimaporo | Liberal |
| Lanao del Sur | Lone | Rashid Lucman | Liberal |
| Leyte | 1st | Artemio E. Mate | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 2nd | Salud Vivero Parreño | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 3rd | Marcelino R. Veloso | Nacionalista |
| Leyte | 4th | Dominador M. Tan | Liberal |
| Manila | 1st | Fidel S. Santiago | Liberal |
| Manila | 2nd | Joaquin R. Roces | Nacionalista |
| Manila | 3rd | Sergio H. Loyola | Liberal |
| Manila | 4th | Pablo V. Ocampo | Nacionalista |
| Marinduque | Lone | Francisco M. Lecaroz | Liberal |
| Masbate | Lone | Andres Clemente Jr. | Liberal |
| Misamis Occidental | Lone | William Chiongbian | Liberal |
| Misamis Oriental | Lone | Emmanuel Pelaez | Independent |
| Mountain Province | 1st | Juan Duyan | Liberal |
| Mountain Province | 2nd | Andres A. Cosalan | Liberal |
| Mountain Province | 3rd | Luis Hora | Liberal |
| Negros Occidental | 1st | Armando C. Gustilo | Nacionalista |
| Negros Occidental | 2nd | Felix P. Amante | Nacionalista |
| Negros Occidental | 3rd | Felix M. Feria Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Negros Oriental | 1st | Lorenzo Teves | Nacionalista |
| Negros Oriental | 2nd | Lamberto L. Macias | Nacionalista |
| Northern Samar | Lone | Eladio T. Balite | Liberal |
| Northern Samar | Lone | Eusebio Moore | Nacionalista |
| Nueva Ecija | 1st | Eugenio Baltao | Liberal |
| Nueva Ecija | 2nd | Angel D. Concepcion | Nacionalista |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Lone | Leonardo B. Perez | Nacionalista |
| Occidental Mindoro | Lone | Pedro C. Medalla | Nacionalista |
| Oriental Mindoro | Lone | Luciano A. Joson | Liberal |
| Palawan | Lone | Ramon Mitra Jr. | Liberal |
| Pampanga | 1st | Juanita L. Nepomuceno | Liberal |
| Pampanga | 2nd | Angel P. Macapagal | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 1st | Aguedo F. Agbayani | Nacionalista |
| Pangasinan | 2nd | Jack Laureano Soriano | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 3rd | Cipriano Primicias Jr. | Nacionalista |
| Pangasinan | 4th | Amadeo J. Perez | Liberal |
| Pangasinan | 5th | Jesus M. Reyes | Nacionalista |
| Quezon | 1st | Manuel S. Enverga | Nacionalista |
| Quezon | 2nd | Eladio A. Caliwara | Liberal |
| Rizal | 1st | Eddie Ilarde | Liberal |
| Rizal | 2nd | Frisco F. San Juan | Nacionalista |
| Romblon | Lone | Jose D. Moreno | Nacionalista |
| Sorsogon | 1st | Salvador R. Encinas | Liberal |
| Sorsogon | 2nd | Vicente Peralta | Nacionalista |
| South Cotabato | Lone | James L. Chiongbian | Nacionalista |
| Southern Leyte | Lone | Nicanor Yñiguez | Nacionalista |
| Sulu | Lone | Salih Ututalum | Liberal |
| Sulu | Lone | Indanan M. Anni | Nacionalista |
| Surigao del Norte | Lone | Constantino C. Navarro | Liberal |
| Surigao del Sur | Lone | Gregorio P. Murillo | Nacionalista |
| Tarlac | 1st | Peping Cojuangco | Liberal |
| Tarlac | 2nd | Jose V. Yap | Liberal |
| Western Samar | Lone | Fernando R. Veloso | Nacionalista |
| Zambales | Lone | Ramon Magsaysay Jr. | Liberal |
| Zamboanga del Norte | Lone | Alberto Ubay | Liberal |
| Zamboanga del Sur | Lone | Vincenzo Sagun | Liberal |