Jaime C. de Veyra

Jaime Carlos de Veyra (* November 4, 1873 in Tanauan; † March 7, 1963 in Manila ) was a Filipino politician. Between 1917 and 1923 he represented the Philippines as a delegate ( Resident Commissioner ) in the House of Representatives of the United States.

Career

Jaime de Veyra attended both public and private schools of his home. In 1893 he graduated from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila. Between 1895 and 1897 he studied at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, among others, law and philosophy. In the years 1898 and 1899 he was secretary of the American military governor of Leyte. He then worked in the newspaper industry. At the same time he was also politically active. He was a member of the Nacionalista Party and was a member of the city council of Cebu; 1906 to 1907, he served as governor of Leyte. Between 1907 and 1909 he was a deputy in the Philippine Assembly. From 1913 to 1916 he was a member of the American Philippine Commission. In 1916 and 1917 he was the managing official of the Philippine government ( Executive Secretary of the Philippine Islands ).

In 1917 was Jaime de Veyra of the Philippine Legislature as a non-voting delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1917. This he could exercise up to the March 3, 1923 after several re- elections. In 1922 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives De Veyra first worked again in the journalist industry. Between 1925 and 1936 he led the Spanish faculty of the University of the Philippines in Manila; 1936 to 1944 he was director of the Institute of National Language, which is concerned with the development of various Philippine dialects. He also worked for the Philippine National Library as a researcher for historical manuscripts and documents.