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Resident Commissioners from the Philippines

From 1907 until 1944, the Philippines sent what were called Resident Commissioners to the United States House of Representatives in order to represent the islands, which were a dependency of the United States at the time. The Resident Commissioners did not have voting rights.

  • Jaime C. De Veyra
  • Francisco A. Delgado
  • Joaquin M. Elizalde
  • Isauro Gabaldon
  • Pedro Guevara
  • Benito Legarda y Tuason
  • Pablo Ocampo
  • Camilo Osias
  • Quintin Paredes
  • Manuel L. Quezon
  • Carlos P. Romulo
  • Teodoro Rafael Yangco

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