Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 3):
JULY 8, 1929
Dwight Filley Davis Sr. was appointed Governor-General of the Philippines by Pres. Herbert Hoover and occupied the post until January 9, 1932.
A tennis player turned politician, he was Assistant Secretary of War (1923-25)) then Secretary of War (1925-29) under Pres. Calvin Coolidge.
His legacy as governor-general was the reconstruction of Malacañan Palace, the residence of American military and civil governors and transforming it from a wooden Spanish colonial mansion to that of a 1930s concrete palace.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
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