Philippine Legislature

Two Filipino resident commissioners were sent to Washington to attend sessions of the United States Congress.

[1] [2] The Philippine Legislature convened its first session on October 16, 1907, at the Manila Grand Opera House.

Such conflicts came to an end when the Jones Law created a bicameral legislature composed exclusively of Filipinos.

[3] The Second Philippine Commission, headed by William Howard Taft and known as the Taft Commission, was established by the President of the United States William McKinley in 1900 to exercise legislative and limited executive powers in the Philippines.

The Nacionalista Party, which espoused "immediate and complete independence" was headed by future Philippine president Sergio Osmeña, captured a majority of the 80-seat assembly.