Philippine Commission

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The Philippine Commission was a body appointed by the President of the United States to exercise legislative and limited executive powers in the Philippines. It was first appointed by President William McKinley in 1901. Beginning in 1907, it acted as the upper house of a bicameral legislature, with the elected Philippine Assembly acting as lower house. The Jones Act of 1916 created an elected Philippine Senate to replace the Philippine Commission.

Contents 1 Sessions 2 Leadership 3 Members 4 See also 5 External links 6 Further reading

[edit] Sessions

• Regular Sessions (Executive and Legislative): September 1, 1901 – October 16, 1907
  • Regular Sessions (Upper Legislative Chamber): starting October 16, 1907

[edit] Leadership

• Governor-General:

William Howard Taft (1901-1903)

Luke Edward Wright (1903-1906)

Henry Clay Ide (1906)

James Francis Smith (1906-1907)

[edit] Members

• Secretary of Finance and Justice:

Name	Month started	Month finished
Secretaries of Finance and Justice
Henry Clay Ide	September 1, 1901	September 24, 1906
James Francis Smith	September 25, 1906	June 30, 1908
Gregorio Araneta	July 1, 1908	October 30, 1913
Victorino Mapa	November 1, 1913	January 14, 1917

• Secretary of the Interior:

Name	Month started	Month finished
Secretaries of the Interior
Dean C. Worcester	September 1, 1901	1913
Winfred Denson	1913	1916

• Secretary of Commerce and Police:

Name	Month started	Month finished
Secretaries of Commerce and Police
Luke Edward Wright	September 1, 1901	February 1, 1904
William Cameron Forbes	February 1, 1904	1909
Charles Elliot	1910	1913
Clinton Riggs	1913	1915
Eugene Reed	1915	1916

• Secretary of Public Instruction:

Name	Term started	Term finished
Secretaries of Public Instruction
Bernard Moses	September 1, 1901	June 30, 1908
W. Morgan Shuster	June 30, 1908	1909
Newton W. Gilbert	1909	1915
Henderson Martin	1915	1916

• Philippine Members (1901-1909):

Name	Term started	Term finished
Philippine Members of the Philippine Commission
Benito Legarda	September 1, 1901	December 21, 1907
Trinidad Pardo H. Tavera	September 1, 1901	March 1, 1909
Jose Luzuriaga	September 1, 1901	1913

• Philippine Members (1909-1913):

Name	Term started	Term finished
Philippine Members of the Philippine Commission
Rafael Palma	December 21, 1907	1913
Juan Sumulong	March 1, 1909	1913
Jose Luzuriaga	September 1, 1901	1913
Gregorio Araneta	1909	1913

• Chief Justice:

Name	Month started	Month finished
Chief Justice
Cayetano Arellano	June 15, 1901	April 1, 1920

[edit] See also

• Congress of the Philippines
• Senate of the Philippines
• House of Representatives of the Philippines

[edit] External links

• List of Senators. Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.
• The LAWPHi'L Project - Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank. Arellano Law Foundation. Retrieved on September 16, 2006.

[edit] Further reading

• Philippine House of Representatives Congressional Library
• The Presidents of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines. ISBN 971-8832-24-6. 
• Pobre, Cesar P.. Philippine Legislature 100 Years. ISBN 971-92245-0-9. 

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