Vicente de Vera

Vicente Comson de Vera (August 22, 1871 – April 10, 1951) was a Filipino lawyer and politician from Sorsogon during the American occupation.

That same year, he temporarily replaced Bernardino Monreal as governor of Sorsogon province.

[3] In 1919, De Vera was elected to the Senate of the Philippines representing the 6th Senatorial District which comprised the Bicol region, serving until 1925.

[4] In 1945, De Vera was appointed to become a member of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), becoming its chairman in 1947.

[5] De Vera's son, Teodoro de Vera, served as a senator for the Liberal Party from 1949 to 1952, which led to an unsuccessful attempt by the latter's rivals in the Nacionalista Party to have the elder de Vera removed by the Supreme Court as COMELEC chairman due to a supposed conflict of interest in his son's election.

De Vera as a member of the Philippine Assembly, 1908