Tomás Gómez

Tomas Gomez was a Filipino politician and physician. He was born in Polo, Bulacan in 1877. He studied in San Juan de Letran and studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomas. When licensed as a doctor, he and his older sister Trinidad Gomez (a businessman) returned to Calbayog to join their businessman brothers Antonio (father of Music Jose Gomez), Simon and Juan. Trinidad has bakeries, chinelerias, distilleries, bazaars, cigar shops and other rental properties. He built the tallest and biggest house in Calbayog. He was the first medical graduate here and served us. His first wife Rufina Arquiza died. Rufina's younger sister Matilde remarried. Matilde was one of the two first pharmacists in the Philippines. He opened the first pharmacy here, Botica de Calbayog. Since there is no dentist here, when Dr. Tomas Gomez in Japan, is studying the basics of dental hygiene and dentistry. He was the first dentist here. After the Philippine-American War, he joined the princes in a petition to the Governor of Samar, George Curry, asking for permission to teach religion in public schools. This is meaningless to the American Governor. Because of this, they were brought to Bishop San Cebu where Calbayog was covered, while a Catholic school was standing here. With the help of Father Jose Diasnes, it was approved by Bishop Thomas Hendrick. Thus stood the Colegio de San Vicente de Paul. The religiousness of the princes became the basis of Bishop Thomas Hendrick in the establishment of the Diocese of Calbayog in 1910. (Samar and Leyte) Bishop Pablo Singzon, the founder of eco de Samar y Leyte, the first weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Calbayog if where is Dr. Gomez is the Administrator. Through the passage of the Philippine Autonomy Act or Jones Law in August 1916, it was mandated that there be a lower house or chamber of representatives and an upper house or senate. 24 senators, voting is based on district. Samar and Leyte are the 9th district and the two with the highest votes are standing in the Senate. Before the 1922 election, the winner of the 1919 election was a Senator from Leyte. Because this Samaritan man was polite, educated and of good character, he took a seat in the Senate. A seat in the 9th District was won by Francisco Enage. Manuel L Quezon is the President of the Senate. He died on July 28, 1926, after he became a senator for Samar and Leyte.

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