Philippine Commission

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 1900. 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.

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	Legislatures of the Philippines CONGRESS: Senate • House of Representatives Past Legislative Bodies: Malolos Congress (1898–1899) • Philippine Commission (1900–1916) Philippine Assembly (1907–1935) • National Assembly (1935–1946) • Batasang Pambansa (1978–1984)

Legislative Periods
Malolos Congress (1898–1899) 1st Philippine Legislature (1907–1909) 2nd Philippine Legislature (1909–1912) 3rd Philippine Legislature (1912–1916) 4th Philippine Legislature (1916–1919) 5th Philippine Legislature (1919–1922) 6th Philippine Legislature (1922–1925) 7th Philippine Legislature (1925–1928) 8th Philippine Legislature (1928–1931) 9th Philippine Legislature (1931–1934)	10th Philippine Legislature (1934–1935) 1st National Assembly (1935–1938) 2nd National Assembly (1938–1941) 3rd National Assembly (1941–1946) National Assembly (1943–1944) 1st Congress (1946–1949) 2nd Congress (1949–1953) 3rd Congress (1953–1957) 4th Congress (1957–1961) 5th Congress (1961–1965)	6th Congress (1965–1969) 7th Congress (1969–1972) Interim Batasang Pambansa (1978–1984) Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–1986) 8th Congress (1987–1992) 9th Congress (1992–1995) 10th Congress (1995–1998) 11th Congress (1998–2001) 12th Congress (2001–2004) 13th Congress (2004–Present)