Resident Commissioners from the Philippines

From 1907 until 1946, the Philippines sent Resident Commissioners to the United States House of Representatives to represent the island state, which was a U.S. territory from 13 August 1898 (on 15 November 1935 it became the Commonwealth of the Philippines). The authority for the office of the Resident Commissioner from the Philippines came from the Philippine Organic Act (1902) section 8, Philippine Autonomy Act (Jones Law 1916) section 20, and Philippine Independence Act (Tydings-McDuffie Act 1934) section 7(5). The Resident Commissioners could speak and otherwise participate in the business of the House, but did not have voting rights. Two were sent until 1937 when it changed to one.^[1]

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from Philippines
• Philippines's At-large congressional district
• Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, who still has a similar mandate
• In most other U.S. territories, a similar representative position is styled "Delegate".

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