José Aniceto Clarín y Butalid (December 12, 1879 – June 2, 1935)[1] was a Filipino politician who served as the 3rd president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines from 1934 until his death in 1935.

[3][2]: 260  He died while on office as Senate President pro tempore in June 2, 1935 after he succumbed to lung cancer, a disease he had been suffering two months prior.

One of the cases he handled as a lawyer were the kidnappings committed by the captain of a large American frigate in Cebu.

This resolution requested for the American government to admit young Filipinos to the Naval Academy in Annapolis.

[3] He died on June 1935 due to lung cancer, over which he suffered two months prior to his death.