Philippines's 4th senatorial district

Philippines's 4th senatorial district, officially the Fourth Senatorial District of the Philippine Islands (Spanish: Cuarto 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 capital Manila and adjacent provinces in south-central Luzon, namely Bataan, Laguna and Rizal.[1]

The district was represented by a total of seven 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 Juan Nolasco and Juan Sumulong 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		Rafael Palma	October 16, 1916	June 6, 1922	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.		4th		1		Pedro Guevara	October 16, 1916	March 4, 1923	Nacionalista	Elected in 1916.
								5th								Re-elected in 1919. Resigned on appointment as Resident Commissioner.
2		Emiliano Tría Tirona	June 6, 1922	June 5, 1928	Demócrata	Elected in 1922.		6th							Nacionalista Colectivista
										2		Ramón J. Fernández	October 3, 1923	June 2, 1925	Nacionalista Colectivista	Elected to finish Guevara's term.
								7th		3		Juan Sumulong	June 2, 1925	June 2, 1931	Demócrata	Elected in 1925.
3		José G. Generoso	June 5, 1928	June 5, 1934	Demócrata	Elected in 1928.		8th
								9th		4		Juan Nolasco	June 2, 1931	September 16, 1935	Nacionalista Consolidado	Elected in 1931.
4		Juan Sumulong	June 5, 1934	September 16, 1935	Nacionalista Democrático	Elected in 1934.		10th							Nacionalista Democrático

See also

• Legislative districts of the Philippines

References

1. United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1918. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
2. "List of previous senators". Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
3. "Roster of Philippine Senators". Official Gazette (Philippines). Retrieved 12 May 2020.