Who was once a governor of Nueva Ecija who changed the
SABANI to Gabaldon by virtue of R. A 1318.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.
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