He made history for being the first Philippine senator to be elected while in jail when more than 11 million people voted him into office on a strong anti-corruption advocacy.
He served as a Philippine senator for 24 years.
As a result of Mendez's actions, Philippine senators demanded the abolition of the Philippine censors board.
Eva Estrada-Kalaw- is a Philippine senator and served as a congresswoman in the Congress of the Philippines for 7 years.
In the 1992 elections, Morato ran for the position of Philippine senator but he lost.
He was in the same class (1922) as Lorenzo Sumulong, revered Philippine senator.
His son, Ramon Magsaysay, Jr., is a former Philippine senator.
Robert "Bobby" Jaworski, famous PBA player and a former Philippine senator.
Philippine senators cautioned today against any arbitrary repudiation of foreign debts and proposed instead that the Government seek better repayment terms from foreign creditors.
Philippine senator, Juan Ponce Enrile landed on February 19, 2013 to pay a visit on the on-going construction of the airport runway.