Philippines's 12th senatorial district

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Philippines's 12th senatorial district, officially the Twelfth Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Duodécimo Distrito Senatorial de las Islas Filipinas), was one of the twelve senatorial districts of the Philippines in existence between 1916 and 1935. Unlike the first eleven districts which elected two members each to the Senate of the Philippines, the upper chamber of the bicameral Philippine Legislature under the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, the two senators from this district were appointed by the Governor-General of the Philippines to serve indefinite terms in the 4th to 10th legislatures. The district was created under the 1916 Jones Law to represent the non-Christian tribes of the northern Luzon provinces of Mountain Province and Nueva Vizcaya, the city of Baguio, and the Moro people and other non-Christian tribes of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu provinces of Agusan, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Davao, Lanao, Sulu and Zamboanga.[1]

The district was represented by a total of ten 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 Datu Balabaran Sinsuat of the Nacionalista Demócrata Pro-Independencia and Juan Gaerlan of the Nacionalista Democrático.[2][3]

List of senators[]

Seat A Legislature Seat B
# Senator Term of office Party Electoral history # Senator Term of office Party Electoral history
Start End Start End
1 Hadji Butu October 16, 1916 November 15, 1920 Nacionalista Appointed by Governor Francis Burton Harrison.
Resigned. 		4th 1 Joaquín Luna October 16, 1916 July 1, 1920 Nacionalista Appointed by Governor Francis Burton Harrison.
Resigned on appointment as Mountain Province governor.
5th
2 Teófisto Guingona Sr. November 15, 1920 November 13, 1923 Progresista Appointed by Governor Francis Burton Harrison.
Resigned. 		2 Lope K. Santos July 1, 1920 November 15, 1921 Nacionalista Appointed by Governor Francis Burton Harrison.
Resigned.
Demócrata 6th 3 Hadji Butu June 6, 1922 June 2, 1931 Demócrata Appointed by Governor Leonard Wood.
3 José Alejandrino November 13, 1923 July 14, 1928 Demócrata Appointed by Governor Leonard Wood.
7th
8th Re-appointed by Governor Henry L. Stimson.
4 Manuel Camus July 14, 1928 June 2, 1931 Nacionalista
Consolidado 		Appointed by Governor Henry L. Stimson.
5 Jamalul Kiram II June 2, 1931 June 5, 1934 Independent Appointed by Governor Dwight F. Davis. 9th 4 Ludovico Hidrosollo June 2, 1931 June 5, 1934 Nacionalista
Consolidado 		Appointed by Governor Dwight F. Davis.
6 Balabaran Sinsuat June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 Nacionalista
Demócrata Pro-Independencia 		Appointed by Governor Frank Murphy. 10th 5 Juan Gaerlan June 5, 1934 September 16, 1935 Nacionalista
Democrático 		Appointed by Governor Frank Murphy.

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References[]

  1. ^ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved May 14, 2020.
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