Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States

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non-voting delegate to the United States Congress political office representative of a United States territory

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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Label	Occurrences
Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States canonical	1

Statements (49)

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) NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Philippine Commission (initially) NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Defunct political office of the Philippines ⓘ Delegates to the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
comparedWith	Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
electedBy	Philippine Commonwealth National Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine National Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
endCause	independence of the Philippines ⓘ
endTime	1946 ⓘ
firstHolder	Benito Legarda NERFINISHED ⓘ Pablo Ocampo NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Philippine Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ Filipino politicians often bilingual in Spanish and English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
lastHolder	Carlos P. Romulo NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Jones Law (Philippine Autonomy Act) of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Organic Act of 1902 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the United States ⓘ
reportsTo	Philippine Commonwealth government NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1907 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Philippine government authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carlos P. Romulo → positionHeld → Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States ⓘ