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

Isauro Gabaldón
Gabaldón in 1920
Senator of the Philippines from the Third Senatorial District
In office
1916–1919
Preceded byPost created
Succeeded byTeodoro Sandiko
Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands
In office
March 4, 1920 – July 16, 1928
Serving with Jaime C. De Veyra (1920–1923)
Pedro Guevara (1923–1929)
Preceded byTeodoro R. Yangco
Succeeded byCamilo Osías
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Nueva Ecija's Second District
In office
June 5, 1934 – September 16, 1935
Preceded byFelipe Buencamino Jr.
Succeeded byFelipe Buencamino Jr.
Member of the Philippine Assembly from Nueva Ecija's Lone District
In office
October 16, 1907 – October 16, 1912
Preceded byPost recreated[a]
Succeeded byLucio Gonzales
Governor of Nueva Ecija
In office
1906–1907
Preceded byEpifanio de los Santos
Succeeded byManuel Tinio
Personal details
Born
Isauro González

(1875-12-08)December 8, 1875
San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, Captaincy General of the Philippines[1]
DiedDecember 21, 1942(1942-12-21) (aged 67)[1]
Manila, Philippine Commonwealth
Political partyNacionalista
Alma materUniversity of Santo Tomas

Early life

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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

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Gabaldón attended the public schools in Tebar, Spain,[1] 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.[1]

Political career

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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.[1] 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.[1]

Death

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Gabaldón died on December 21, 1942.[1]

Legacy

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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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Post last held by Epifanio de los Santos, José Turiano Santiago, and Gregorio Macapinlac at the Malolos Congress

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives (2017). Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress, 1900-2017. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Publishing Office. pp. 178–183. ISBN 978-0-16-094356-0.
  2. ^ "Film # 007769715 Image Film # 007769715; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM8-748Q-L". FamilySearch. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Llopis, Rodolfo (November 13, 1924). "La independencia de FIlipinas: Interesantes declaraciones de D. Isauro Gabaldón". El Sol (in Spanish). p. 2 – via Hemeroteca Digital (Biblioteca Nacional de España).
  4. ^ Lopez, Elyssa Christine (February 9, 2019). "Those School Buildings We Grew Up With Are Called Gabaldons". Esquire. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Resident Commissioner from the Philippines to the United States Congress
1920–1928
Served alongside: Jaime C. de Veyra and Pedro Guevara
Succeeded by