Juan Sumulong founded the Democrata party in 1917, espousing "absolute and immediate independence".
[1] In the 1922 election, the Nacionalistas were split into two camps: Senate President Manuel L. Quezon pushed for collective leadership, calling Speaker Sergio Osmeña's leadership style as "unipersonal", a charge Osmeña denied.
Osmeña decided to run for the Senate, directly challenging Quezon's authority.
[1] By the time of the 1935 election, the Democratas were subsumed into the Antis, and later, they reunited with the Nacionalista Party.
In the 1941 Philippine general election, the party was revived albeit briefly, winning one seat (Alfredo Fausto Mendoza of the Manila South congressional district).