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Did Diosdado Macapagal serve in the Philippine House of Representatives?
Diosdado Macapagal served in the Philippine House of Representatives from December 30, 1949 to December 30, 1957.
What state did Diosdado Macapagal serve in?
He first won election in 1949 to the House of Representatives, representing a district in his home province of Pampanga.

Question: How long was he a representative?
Self-contained rewrite: How long was Diosdado Macapagal a representative?