Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States

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The Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States was a non-voting representative of the then-U.S. territory of the Philippines in the U.S. Congress, serving as a liaison and advocate for Filipino interests before independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf non-voting delegate to the United States Congress ⓘ
political office ⓘ
representative of a United States territory ⓘ
appliesTo Philippine Islands (U.S. territory) ⓘ
appointedBy Philippine Commission (initially) ⓘ
category Defunct political office of the Philippines ⓘ
Delegates to the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
comparedWith Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
createdBy United States Congress ⓘ
electedBy Philippine Commonwealth National Assembly ⓘ
Philippine Legislature ⓘ
Philippine National Assembly ⓘ
endCause independence of the Philippines ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
firstHolder Benito Legarda ⓘ
Pablo Ocampo ⓘ
function participate in debates in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
present petitions and reports from the Philippines to the U.S. Congress ⓘ
serve as official representative of the Philippine government to the U.S. legislature ⓘ
hasVotingRights no ⓘ
historicalPeriod American colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ
jurisdiction Philippine Islands ⓘ
linked to: Philippines
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Filipino politicians often bilingual in Spanish and English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
lastHolder Carlos P. Romulo ⓘ
legalBasis Jones Law (Philippine Autonomy Act) of 1916 ⓘ
Philippine Organic Act of 1902 ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn United States Congress ⓘ
numberOfSeats 1 (initially) ⓘ
2 (after 1912) ⓘ
officeAbolishedOn 4 July 1946 ⓘ
officeHolderCount multiple officeholders over time ⓘ
officeType territorial representative ⓘ
politicalContext U.S. colonial administration of the Philippines ⓘ
reasonForAbolition transition of the Philippines from U.S. territory to independent republic ⓘ
relatedTo Philippine independence movement ⓘ
Philippine–American relations ⓘ
replacedBy Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States ⓘ
reportsTo Philippine Commonwealth government ⓘ
Philippine Legislature ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
role advocate for Filipino interests in the United States Congress ⓘ
liaison between the Philippines and the United States government ⓘ
seat United States Capitol ⓘ
startTime 1907 ⓘ
subordinateTo Philippine government authorities ⓘ

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Carlos P. Romulo → positionHeld → Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States ⓘ
Carlos Peña Rómulo → positionHeld → Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
linked to: Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States