Elections for the Senate of the Philippines were held on November 11, 1947, with eight of the 24 seats in the Senate being contested. These eight seats were elected regularly; the winners were eligibl
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Carlos Salvatierra Tan was a Filipino politician who served as Senator in the 1st Congress of the Philippines.
1947 Philippine Senate election
…retaining control of the Senate. The Liberals' total was reduced to 13 seats pursuant to the Senate Electoral Tribunal resolution in which Senator Carlos Tan (Liberal) was unseated and replaced by Eulogio Rodriguez (Nacionalista) in 1949. Geronima Pecson became the first woman to be elected in the Senate…
Senator Carlos Tan
Photograph from The Commercial & Industrial Manual of the Philippines, 1941