Monday, October 16, 2023

The 1st Philippine Assembly

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):

OCTOBER 16, 1907

The 1st Philippine Assembly, the Lower House with 80 representatives duly elected in a national election, was inaugurated at the Grand Opera House. 

Secretary of War William Howard Taft and Governor-General James Francis Smith attended the event with Sergio Osmeña as Speaker and Manuel Quezon as Majority Floor Leader. The American-dominated Philippine Commission became the Upper House. 

The Jones Law changed the set-up, and on October 16, 1916, the Philippine Legislature composed of the Senate and House of Representatives was inaugurated.

(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved

Photo credit: lukban.org and wikipedia.org

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