Pedro María Sison Explained

Pedro María Sison
Office:Senator of the Philippines from the 2nd district
Term Start:October 16, 1916
Term End:June 6, 1922
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Alejo R. Mabanag
Office1:Member of the Philippine Assembly from Pangasinan's 4th district
Term Start1:1912
Term End1:1916
Predecessor1:Joaquín Balmori
Successor1:Alejandro de Guzmán (as Representative)
Birth Date:18 January 1885
Birth Place:Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Death Place:Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Spouse:Gracia Palisoc Moran
Children:9
Party:Nacionalista

Pedro María Sison y Macasieb (January 18, 1885–June 12, 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.[1]

Biography

Sison was born in Urdaneta, Pangasinan on January 18, 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.[2]

In 1912, at the age of 27, Sison was elected to the Philippine Assembly, representing Pangasinan's 4th district. Four years later, he 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 and Fifth Legislature from 1916 to 1922.[3]

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 such bill was sponsored.[4]

On February 28, 1929, he was appointed as an auxiliary judge. The following year, he was promoted as judge of Court of First Instance.[5]

In 1934, he was elected as a delegate to the 1935 Philippine Constitutional Convention.

Personal life and death

He married Gracia Palisoc Moran, and had nine children.

Sison died on June 12, 1938.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pedro María Sison y Macasieb. Geni.com. August 15, 2023.
  2. Web site: 20 January 2008 . Urdaneta Honors Sen. Sison . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422194921/http://sundaypunch.prepys.com/archives/2008/01/20/urdaneta-honors-senator-sison/ . 22 April 2012 . 8 November 2011 . Sunday Punch.
  3. Web site: List of Senators . https://web.archive.org/web/20070207231428/http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senlist.asp . 7 February 2007 . 8 November 2011 . Senate of the Philippines.
  4. Book: Davis, Leonard . Revolutionary Struggle in the Philippines . 1989 . Macmillan . 0-333-44847-2 . Basingstoke.
  5. Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia of the Philippines . E. Floro . Manila . 1950 . Galang . Zoilo M. . 9: Educatiom.