Isauro Gabaldón Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honorable
Isauro Gabaldón
Office:Senator of the Philippines from the Third Senatorial District
Term Start:1916
Term End:1919
Predecessor:Post created
Successor:Teodoro Sandiko
Alongside:Francisco Tongio Liongson
Office2:Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands
Term Start2:March 4, 1920
Term End2:July 16, 1928
Predecessor2:Teodoro R. Yangco
Successor2:Camilo Osías
Alongside2:Jaime C. De Veyra (1920–1923)
Pedro Guevara (1923–1929)
Office3:Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Nueva Ecija's Second District
Term Start3:June 5, 1934
Term End3:September 16, 1935
Predecessor3:Felipe Buencamino Jr.
Successor3:Felipe Buencamino Jr.
Office4:Member of the Philippine Assembly from Nueva Ecija's Lone District
Term Start4:October 16, 1907
Term End4:October 16, 1912
Predecessor4:Post recreated
Successor4:Lucio Gonzales
Office5:Governor of Nueva Ecija
Term Start5:1906
Term End5:1907
Predecessor5:Epifanio de los Santos
Successor5:Manuel Tinio
Birth Name:Isauro González
Birth Date:8 December 1875
Birth Place:San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Death Place:Manila, Philippine Commonwealth
Alma Mater:University of Santo Tomas
Party:Nacionalista

Isauro Gabaldón y González (born Isauro González; December 8, 1875 – December 21, 1942) was a resident commissioner of the Philippines to the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1920 until 1928.

Early life

Gabaldón was born in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, Captaincy General of the Philippines (present-day Philippines) on December 8, 1875,[1] and was a Spanish Filipino, the son of José Gabaldón Pérez, a Spaniard from Tébar, Cuenca, and of María González Mendoza, a mestiza. He was the grandson by paternal side of Lorenzo Gabaldón and Luisa Pérez, and by maternal side of Cosmé González and Bárbara Mendoza.[2]

Education and law practice

Gabaldón attended the public schools in Tebar, Spain, which was his father's hometown.[3] He studied law at the Universidad Central in Madrid, Spain and graduated from the Univérsidad de Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines. He practiced law from 1903 to 1906.

Political career

Gabaldón served as governor of the province of Nueva Ecija in 1906 and from 1912 to 1916. He was a member of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1912. He later served in the Philippine Senate between 1916 and 1919. He was elected as a Nationalist and a resident commissioner to the United States in 1920. He was reelected in 1923 and 1925, and served from March 4, 1920, until his resignation effective July 16, 1928, having been nominated for election to the Philippine House of Representatives. He had also been elected in 1925 as a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, but did not qualify, preferring to continue as commissioner until resigning in 1928.

Death

Gabaldón died on December 21, 1942.

Legacy

Gabaldón lends his name to American-era public elementary schools built through the bills he sponsored thru the Philippines Assembly Act No. 1801 or "the Gabaldon Law" of 1907.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives . Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017 . 2017 . U.S. Government Publishing Office . 978-0-16-094356-0 . Washington, DC . 178–183 . en.
  2. Web site: Film # 007769715 Image Film # 007769715; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM8-748Q-L . September 4, 2017 . FamilySearch .
  3. News: Llopis . Rodolfo . November 13, 1924 . La independencia de FIlipinas: Interesantes declaraciones de D. Isauro Gabaldón . es . 2 . . Hemeroteca Digital (Biblioteca Nacional de España).
  4. Web site: Lopez . Elyssa Christine . February 9, 2019 . Those School Buildings We Grew Up With Are Called Gabaldons . February 9, 2019 . Esquire.