Julio A. Llorente

His term was cut short in June 1899[7] and Lt. Col. Thomas Harner took over as military governor due to the ongoing revolt led by General Arcadio Maxilom who refused to surrender to recognize the American rule.

[4] On April 18, 1901, the Philippine Commission established the civil governments in Cebu and appointed Julio Llorente as governor.

[4][5] Also appointed were Leoncio Alburo as secretary, Fred S. Young as treasurer, James F. Case as supervisor, and Miguel Logarta as fiscal.

As governor, he was taken to task in addressing the widespread collapse of infrastructures due to the war, dwindled government funds, and epidemics.

[7] Llorente ran for when a general election was held after American troops withdrew from the island and the Philippine Commission restored the civilian government in Cebu on December 20, 1901.