Philippines's 10th senatorial district

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Philippines's 10th senatorial district, officially the Tenth Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Décimo Distrito Senatorial de las Islas Filipinas), was one of the twelve senatorial districts of the Philippines in existence between 1916 and 1935. It elected two members to the Senate of the Philippines, the upper chamber of the bicameral Philippine Legislature under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands for each of the 4th to 10th legislatures. The district was created under the 1916 Jones Law from the central Visayas province of Cebu.[1]

The district was represented by a total of five senators throughout its existence. It was abolished in 1935 when a unicameral National Assembly was installed under a new constitution following the passage of the Tydings–McDuffie Act which established the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Since the 1941 elections when the Senate was restored after a constitutional plebiscite, all twenty-four members of the upper house have been elected countrywide at-large. It was last represented by Sergio Osmeña and Manuel Briones of the Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia.[2][3]

List of senators[edit]

Seat A Legislature Seat B
# Senator Term of office Party Electoral history # Senator Term of office Party Electoral history
Start End Start End
1 Filemón Sotto October 16, 1916 June 6, 1922 Nacionalista Elected in 1916. 4th 1 Celestino Rodríguez October 16, 1916 June 2, 1925 Nacionalista Elected in 1916.
5th Re-elected in 1919.
2 Sergio Osmeña June 6, 1922 September 16, 1935 Nacionalista
Unipersonalista
Elected in 1922. 6th Nacionalista
Unipersonalista
Nacionalista
Consolidado
7th 2 Pedro Rodríguez June 2, 1925 June 2, 1931 Nacionalista
Consolidado
Elected in 1925.
Re-elected in 1928. 8th
9th 3 Manuel Briones June 2, 1931 September 16, 1935 Nacionalista
Consolidado
Elected in 1931.
Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia
Re-elected in 1934. 10th Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia

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References[edit]

  1. ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 13, 2020.