Benito Legarda

Benito Legarda y Tuason ( born September 27, 1853 in Manila, † August 27, 1915 in Evian- les- Bains, France) was a Filipino politician. Between 1907 and 1912 he represented the Philippines as a delegate ( Resident Commissioner ) in the House of Representatives of the United States.

Career

Benito Legarda attended the Jesuits ' College and the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. After that, he embarked on a political career. He became in 1899 a member of the government of President Emilio Aguinaldo and Vice President of the Revolutionary Congress of the first Philippine Republic. In 1901 he became a member of the American Commission for the Philippines ( Philippine Commission ).

In 1907, Legarda was the Philippine Assembly as a non-voting delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on November 22, 1907. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1912 Congress. In 1912, he did not stand for re-election.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he is no longer politically have appeared. He died on 27 August 1915 at the French Evian and was buried in Manila.