Pedro María Sison

Pedro María Sison y Macasieb 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.

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.
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.
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. In 1917, he became the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Judiciary.
On February 28, 1929, he was appointed as an auxiliary judge. The following year, he was promoted as judge of Court of First Instance.
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.