Isauro Gabaldón

Isauro Gabaldon was a Filipino-Spanish politician who served as the representative of the Philippines to the US Senate from 1920 to 1928.

References

• "Isauro Gabaldón." Wikipedia, 04 Sept 2017. http://bit.ly/2Bbr8Uf. Date accessed: 21 Dec. 2017.
• Baptismal certificate
• Death certificate

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GEDCOM Note

Source - Zen Angara Collinson, descendent: First Philippine resident commissioner to the US. Wealthy landowner in Nueva Ecija (rice granary of the Philippines at that time) but his wife was wealthier.

School houses in the Philippines were called "Gabaldon school houses" ?because they donated or built the prototypes.

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Source - Dr. Andreas "Andy" Aragon Angara:

Isauro Gabaldon owned land in three places: Gimba; San Manual, Quezon City; and ?Quezon City. He did not own land in Gabaldon.

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Source - LDS IGI: Possible match: Birth: 08 DEC 1875 San Isidoro, , Nueva Ejica, Philippines Death: 21 DEC 1942

Parents: Father: JOSE GABALDON Mother: MARIA GONZALEZ

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Source - http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html:

Gabaldon, Isauro (1875-1942) — of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Born in San Isidoro, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, December 8, 1875. Lawyer; member of the Phillipine Islands House of Representatives, 1907-11; member of Phillipine Islands Senate, 1916-19; Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1920-28; resigned 1928. Died in Manila, Philippines, December 21, 1942. Interment at Cementerio del Norte, Manila, Philippines.

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Source - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000001

GABALDON, Isauro, (1875 - 1942), a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in San Isidoro, Nueva Ecija, Philippine Islands, December 8, 1875; attended the public schools in Tebar, Spain, and the Colleges Quintanar del Rey and Villa Nueva de la Jara, Cuenca, Spain; studied law in the Universidad Central, Madrid, Spain, and was graduated from the Universidad Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippine Islands, in 1900; practiced law from 1903 to 1906; Governor of the Province of Nueva Ecija in 1906 and 1912-1916; member of the Philippine house of representatives 1907-1911; served in the Philippine senate 1916-1919; elected as a Nationalist a Resident Commissioner to the United States in 1920; 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; had also been elected in 1925 as a member of the Philippine house of representatives, but did not qualify, preferring to continue as Commissioner; died in Manila, Philippine Islands, December 21, 1942; interment in North Cemetery in Manila.

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Source - http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/former_senators/isauro_gabaldon.htm Isauro Gabaldon Senator Isauro Gabaldon was born in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, on December 8, 1875. He studied in the public schools of Cuenca, Spain, and in the colleges of Quintana del Rey and Villanueva de la Tara, where he graduated in 1893. He took law in the Central University of Madrid, he returned to the Philippines and continued his law course in the University of Santo Tomas, where he graduated with the degree of LL.B. in 1900. He practiced law from 1903 to 1906.

In the elections of 1906 he came out triumphantly as Provincial Governor of Nueva Ecija, and on July 13,1907, he was elected Deputy to the first Philippine Assembly, and re-elected to the same office in the general elections of 1909. In the Philippine Assembly he was noted for his education bill, known as the Gabaldon Law, which provided an appropriation of one million peso for the building of modern public schools throughout the Philippines, and for his agricultural and tenancy measures protecting the interests of small farmers and farm laborers. In the first election for Senators under the Jones Law of 1916, he was elected Senator from the third senatorial district; and, in 1920, he was appointed Resident Commissioner to Washington, D.C., by the Philippine Legislature, which position he held for two consecutive terms. Besides being a planter and an owner of large estates, he was known as a businessman, being the organizer and president of the Pidatan Petroleum Co., Inc.; chairman, board of trustees, Sta. Catalina Gold Mines, and president, East Surigao Goldfields, Inc. He married Bernarda Tinio, of Nueva Ecija, and of the union where born two children.