# Malolos Congress

The Malolos Congress (Spanish: Congreso de Malolos) also known as the Revolutionary Congress (Spanish: Congreso Revolucionario) and formally the National Assembly, was the legislative body of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines.
From 1898 to 1899, prior to the Philippine Declaration of Independence and their gathering at the Barasoain Church for the drafting of the Malolos Constitution, congressional delegates used the Malolos station at the Malolos town center.
Members were chosen in the elections held from June 23 to September 10, 1898. The assembly consisted of elected delegates chosen by balloting in provincial assemblies and appointed delegates chosen by the president to represent regions under unstable military and civilian conditions. The Revolutionary Congress was opened on September 15, 1898, at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan. President Emilio Aguinaldo presided over the opening session of the assembly.
After the promulgation of the Malolos Constitution on January 22, 1899, replaced the revolutionary government with the Philippine Republic, the Malolos Congress became the legislative branch of that government, designated in the constitution as the Assembly of Representatives.

## Sessions

* Regular session: September 15, 1898 – November 13, 1899
* Special session: February 4, 1899

## Leadership

* President of the Revolutionary Congress
       Pedro Paterno
* Vice President/Deputy
       Benito Legarda
* Secretary
       Gregorio S. Araneta and Pablo Ocampo

## Members

| Province | Member | Notes |
| Abra | Isidro Paredes | Elected |
| Abra | Juan Villamor | Elected |
| Albay | Honorato Agrava | Elected |
| Albay | Marcial Calleja | Elected |
| Albay | Salvador del Rosario | Elected |
| Albay | Pantaleón García | Elected |
| Albay | Aguedo Velarde | Appointed |
| Antique | Aristón Gella | Appointed |
| Antique | Vicente López | Appointed |
| Antique | Eusebio Natividad | Appointed |
| Bataan | Hermógenes Marco | Elected |
| Bataan | Pedro Teopaco | Elected |
| Bataan | José Tuazon | Elected |
| Batanes | Vito Belarmino | Appointed |
| Batanes | Daniel Tirona | Elected |
| Batangas | Gregorio Aguilera | Elected |
| Batangas | Ambrosio Flores | Elected |
| Batangas | Eduardo Gutiérrez David | Elected |
| Batangas | Mariano López | Elected |
| Bohol | Tranquilino Arroyo | Appointed |
| Bohol | Labio | Appointed |
| Bohol | Pedro Tongio Liongson | Appointed |
| Bulacan | Trinidad Icasiano | Elected |
| Bulacan | Pedro Serrano Laktaw | Elected |
| Bulacan | Mariano Crisóstomo Lugo | Elected |
| Bulacan | Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista | Elected |
| Cagayan | Anastacio Francisco | Appointed |
| Cagayan | Vicente Guzmán Pagulayan | Elected |
| Cagayan | Pablo Tecson | Appointed |
| Cavite | José Basa | Elected |
| Cavite | Severino de las Alas | Elected |
| Cavite | Hugo Ilagan | Elected |
| Cavite | José Salamanca | Elected |
| Calamianes | Norberto Cruz Herrera | Appointed |
| Calamianes | Narciso Hidalgo Resurección | Appointed |
| Calamianes | S. Isidro | Appointed |
| Camarines | Tomás Aréjola | Elected |
| Camarines | Justo Lukban | Elected |
| Camarines | Mariano Abella | Elected |
| Camarines | Valeriano Velarde | Elected |
| Capiz | Mariano Bacani | Appointed |
| Capiz | Juan Baltazar | Appointed |
| Capiz | Miguel Zaragoza | Appointed |
| Catanduanes | José Alejandrino | Appointed |
| Catanduanes | Marcelino de Santos | Appointed |
| Cebu | Aristón Bautista | Appointed |
| Cebu | Félix David | Appointed |
| Cebu | Francisco Makabulos | Appointed |
| Cebu | Trinidad Pardo de Tavera | Appointed |
| Ilocos Norte | Gregorio Aglipay | Elected |
| Ilocos Norte | Primitivo Donato | Elected |
| Ilocos Norte | Martín García | Elected |
| Ilocos Norte | José Luna | Elected |
| Ilocos Norte | Pedro Paterno | Elected |
| Ilocos Norte | Pío Romero | Elected |
| Ilocos Sur | Marcelino Crisólogo | Appointed |
| Ilocos Sur | Mariano Fos | Elected |
| Ilocos Sur | Francisco Tongson | Elected |
| Ilocos Sur | Ignacio Villamor | Elected |
| Iloilo | Adriano Hernández y Dayot | Appointed |
| Iloilo | Venancio Concepción | Appointed |
| Iloilo | Esteban de la Rama | Appointed |
| Iloilo | Melecio Figueroa | Appointed |
| Iloilo | Tiburcio Hilario | Appointed |
| Isabela | Raymundo Alindada | Appointed |
| Isabela | Eustacio del Rosario | Elected |
| Isabela | Abelardo Guzman | Elected |
| La Union | Mateo del Rosario | Appointed |
| La Union | Joaquín Luna | Elected |
| La Union | Miguel Paterno | Appointed |
| Laguna | Higinio Benitez | Elected |
| Laguna | Graciano Cordero | Elected |
| Laguna | Mauricio Ilagan | Elected |
| Laguna | Manuel Sityar | Elected |
| Lepanto | León Apacible | Elected |
| Lepanto | Reymundo Jeciel | Elected |
| Lepanto | Antonio Rebello | Elected |
| Leyte | Simplicio del Rosario | Appointed |
| Leyte | Rafael Guerrero | Appointed |
| Leyte | Lucio Navarro | Appointed |
| Leyte | Marciano Zamora-Concepción | Appointed |
| Manila | Arsenio Cruz Herrera | Elected |
| Manila | Felix Ferrer Pascual | Elected |
| Manila | Teodoro González Leaño | Elected |
| Manila | Mariano Limjap | Elected |
| Masbate | Alberto Barretto | Appointed |
| Masbate | Máximo Cabigting | Appointed |
| Mindoro | Antonio Constantino | Elected |
| Mindoro | Arturo Dancel | Appointed |
| Mindoro | Perfecto Gabriel | Appointed |
| Misamis | Gracio Gonzaga | Appointed |
| Misamis | Apolonio Mercado | Appointed |
| Misamis | Teodoro Sandiko | Appointed |
| Morong | Marcelo Mesina | Elected |
| Morong | José Oliveros | Elected |
| Negros Occidental | Juan Benson | Appointed |
| Negros Occidental | José de la Vina | Appointed |
| Negros Occidental | Antonio Montenegro | Appointed |
| Negros Oriental | Pío del Pilar | Appointed |
| Negros Oriental | Mariano Leogardo Oirola | Appointed |
| Negros Oriental | Luciano San Miguel | Appointed |
| Nueva Ecija | Epifanio de los Santos | Elected |
| Nueva Ecija | Gregorio Macapinlac | Elected |
| Nueva Ecija | José Turiano Santiago | Elected |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Hipolito Magsalin | Appointed |
| Nueva Vizcaya | Evaristo Panganiban | Elected |
| Padre Burgos | Joaquín Baltazar | Elected |
| Padre Burgos | Ceferino de Leon | Appointed |
| Padre Burgos | Sixto Zandueta | Appointed |
| Palaos | Isidro Tiongco | Appointed |
| Pampanga | Joaquín González | Elected |
| Pampanga | Ramon Henson | Elected |
| Pampanga | Enrique Macapinlac | Elected |
| Pampanga | José Rodriguez Infante | Elected |
| Pangasinan | Sebastian de Castro | Appointed |
| Pangasinan | Vicente del Prado | Elected |
| Pangasinan | Antonio Feliciano | Elected |
| Pangasinan | Adriano Garcés | Appointed |
| Paragua | Felipe Calderón | Appointed |
| Paragua | Domingo Colmenar | Appointed |
| Samar | Servillano Aquino | Appointed |
| Samar | Javier González Salvador | Appointed |
| Samar | Juan Tongco | Appointed |
| Sorsogon | Maximino Hizon | Appointed |
| Sorsogon | Pedro Lipana | Appointed |
| Sorsogon | Manuel Xerez Burgos | Appointed |
| Tarlac | Julián Carpio | Elected |
| Tarlac | Juan Nepomuceno | Elected |
| Tarlac | Victoriano Tañedo | Elected |
| Tayabas | Sofio Alandy | Elected |
| Tayabas | José Espinosa | Appointed |
| Tayabas | Basilio Teodoro | Appointed |
| Zambales | Alejandro Albert | Elected |
| Zambales | Félix S. Bautista | Appointed |
| Zambales | Juan Manday Gabriel | Elected |
| Zamboanga | Felipe Buencamino | Appointed |
| Zamboanga | Tomás Mascardo | Appointed |
| Zamboanga | Lazaro Tañedo | Appointed |
| As of July 7, 1899. Total of 136 delegates: 68 elected and 68 appointed. |||
In 2006, it was asserted by the president of the Bulacan Historical Society, engineer Marcial Aniag, that among the 85 delegates who convened in Malolos there were 43 lawyers, 17 doctors, five pharmacists, three educators, seven businessmen, four painters, three military men, a priest, and four farmers. Five of the 85 delegates did not have a college degree.

## Ratification of the declaration of independence

One of the first acts of the Revolutionary Congress was the ratification on September 29, 1898 of the Philippine Declaration of Independence against Spain which had been proclaimed on June 12, 1898.

## Malolos Constitution

Mabini had planned for the Revolutionary Congress to act only as an advisory body to the president and submitted a draft of Constitutional Program of the Philippine Republic while Paterno submitted a constitutional draft based on the Spanish Constitution of 1869. The Congress, however, began work to draft a constitution. The resulting document, the Malolos Constitution, was promulgated on January 21, 1899. Its proclamation resulted in the creation of the Philippine Republic, which replaced the Revolutionary Government.