Famous bar topnotchers: Presidents and ViceThe Presidents Own United States Marine Band Manuel A. Roxas - fifth President of the Philippines; 1st placer (92%), 1913 Bar Exams (UP) Diosdado P. Macapagal - ninth President of the Philippines; 1st placer (89.85%), 1936 Bar Exams (UST) Ferdinand E. Marcos - tenth President of the Philippines; 1st placer (98.80%), 1939 Bar Exams (UP) José P. Laurel - third President of the Philippines; 2nd placer, 1915 Bar Exams (UP) Elpidio C. Quirino - sixth President of the Philippines; 2nd placer, 1915 Bar Exams (UP) Sergio S. Osmeña - fifth President of the Philippines; 2nd placer, 1903 Bar Exams (UST) Manuel L. Quezon - second President of the Philippines; 4th placer, 1903 Bar Exams (UST) Carlos P. García - eighth President of the Philippines; 7th placer, 1923 Bar Exams (PLS) Emmanuel N. Pelaez - former Vice-President of the Philippines; 1st placer, 1938 Bar Exams (UM) Arturo M. Tolentino - former Vice-President of the Philippines; 2nd placer, 1934 Bar Exams (UP) Incidentally, each President who happened to be a lawyer was also a bar placer. In the 2010 presidential elections, candidate Gilberto Teodoro (an alumnus of the University of the Philippines) placed first in the 1989 Bar Exams, with a grade of 86.185%. He however was fourth in the elections, losing to Benigno S. Aquino III. A lawyer, Jejomar C. Binay (also from UP), won the Vice-presidency when he bested former Senator Manuel A. Roxas II (a grandson of the first bar topnotcher, President Manuel A. Roxas). Two other topnotchers have sought previously failed to secure the presidency. Vice-President Pelaez (1938 Bar Topnotcher) lost the Nacionalista Party nomination to President Marcos (1939 Bar Topnotcher) in the 1965 presidential elections, while Senate President Jovito Salonga (1944 Bar Topnotcher) of the Liberal Party lost to President Ramos of Lakas-NUCD in the 1992 presidential elections.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:43:50 +0000
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