Pedro María Sison
Pedro María Sison | |
|---|---|
| Senator of the Philippines from the 2nd district | |
| In office 1916–1922 | |
| Succeeded by | Alejo R. Mabanag |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1885 Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | 12 June 1938 (aged 52) |
Pedro María Sison (1885–1938) was a senator of the Philippines, judge of the Court of First Instance, a statesman and philanthropist. He was a delegate to the Philippine Constitutional Convention of 1935.
Sison was born in Urdaneta, Pangasinan on 18 January 1885. His father was Pedro Sison Jr, and his mother was Eusebia Macasieb.
In 1896, at the age of 11, Sison joined his father in fighting the Spaniards during the Philippine Revolution. During the American colonial period, he helped his father restore peace and order in Binalonan and Urdaneta towns.[1]
At the age of 29, Sison was elected to the Philippine Senate. Representing the Second Senatorial District of La Union, Pangasinan, and Zambales, Sison served as a senator during the Fourth Legislature from 1914 to 1916 and whose Senate president was Manuel L. Quezon.[2]
Together with Rafael Palma, Sison sponsored in 1916 a bill on women's suffrage that was approved by the Senate. It was the first time that a bill like that was sponsored.[3]
For his work, he was honored by the cty of Urdaneta in 2008. The city council resolution read:
- "It is but fitting and proper that the Balikbayan Park be renamed after the late great senator as an undying gratitude of the city government and the people of Urdaneta City to the family of a native son, a statesman par excellence, a brilliant senator and a philanthropist rolled into one."[1]
On 28 February 1929, he was appointed as an auxiliary judge. The following year, he was promoted as judge of Court of First Instance.[4]
In 1934, he was elected as a delegate to the 1935 Philippine Constitutional Convention.
He married Gracia Palisoc Moran, and their children are Pedro, Carlos, Corazon, Juan, Antonio, Rosario, Armando, Jesus Moran and Gracia.
Sison died on 12 June 1938.
References
- ^ a b "Urdaneta Honors Sen. Sison". Sunday Punch. 20 January 2008. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ "List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ^ Davis, Leonard (1989). Revolutionary Struggle in the Philippines. Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-44847-2.
- ^ Galang, Zoilo M., ed. (1950). Encyclopedia of the Philippines. Vol. 9: Educatiom. Manila: E. Floro.
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