Associate Justice Claro M. Recto


Tenure: July 03, 1935 - November 01, 1936
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Birthdate: February 08, 1890
Died: October 02, 1960
Place of Birth: Tiaong, Quezon

Education:

1. Bachelor of Arts, Ateneo de Manila, 1909
2. Bachelor of Laws, University of Santo Tomas, 1913
3. Admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar, 1924

Professional Career:

1. Spanish Daily, El Ideal
2. Columnist, La Vanguardia, 1911
3. Private Secretary to Commission Vicente Ilustre, Philippine Commission
4. Law Clerk, Philippine Senate
5. Representative, 5th Philippine Legislature from 3rd District of Batangas, 1919
6. Re-elected and became floor leader of the Minority in the House of Representatives, 1922 – 1925
7. Member, Guevara, Francisco & Recto Law Firm, 1928
8. Senator, 5th Senatorial District, 1931
9. Delegate, Constitutional Convention which drafted the 1934 Philippine Constitution, 1934
10. Associate Justice, Supreme Court, 1935
11. Re-elected as Senator, 1949

Awards:

1. Zobel Prize Winner for literature
2. Member, Royal Academy of the Spanish Language
3. Member, Philippine Academy of the Spanish Language

About Him:

1. Claro M. Recto, father of the Philippine Constitution and the last Filipino justice appointed by an American president.
2. He is also known as the Great Dissenter because of his dissents on the foreign policies of different presidents of the Philippines.