2nd Philippine Legislature

The 2nd Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from March 28, 1910, to February 6, 1912.

Sessions

Legislation

The Second Philippine Legislature passed a total of 221 laws (Act Nos. 1971–2191)

Leadership

Philippine Commission

• Governor-General and President of the Philippine Commission: William Cameron Forbes

Philippine Assembly

• Speaker: Sergio Osmeña (Cebu–2nd, Nacionalista)
• Majority Floor Leader: Alberto Barreto (Zambales, Nacionalista), until July 20, 1911

Members

Philippine Commission

• Gregorio S. Araneta
• Frank A. Branagan
• Charles B. Elliott
• William Cameron Forbes
• Newton W. Gilbert
• Jose de Luzuriaga
• Rafael Palma
• Juan Sumulong
• Dean Conant Worcester

Sources:

• Colby, Frank Moore (1911). The New International Yearbook: A Compendium of the World's Progress for the Year 1910. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the Second Session of the First Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1910.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being A Special Session, March 28, 1910, to April 19, 1910, and the First Session, October 17, 1910, to February 3, 1911, of the Second Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1911.
• Journal of the Philippine Commission Being the Second Session, October 16, 1911, to February 1, 1912, and A Special Session, February 2, 1912, to February 6, 1912, of the Second Philippine Legislature. Manila: Bureau of Printing. 1912.

Philippine Assembly

See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines

Notes

External links

Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library