Resident Commissioner of the Philippines
The Philippines was from 1898 to 1946, a United States territory. During this period, the former Spanish colony from 1907 delegates presented in the U.S. House of Representatives, called Resident Commissioners; similar to today deal with Puerto Rico. From 1907 to 1936, the Philippines was by two delegates in Washington DC represented, from 1936 until independence in 1946 by a. Elected were the Resident Commissioners not by the people but by the national parliament. By 1916, the delegates were elected by the Philippine Assembly and the Philippine Commission. From 1917 to 1935 this was the Philippine Legislature, after the National Assembly.