Aniceto Ledesma Lacson is a Filipino revolutionary general,sugar farmer,and businessman. He is known as the first and only president of the Negros Republic from 1898 to 1901,and for leading the Negros Revolution alongside Juan Araneta.
Jaime Carlos de Veyra y Díaz was a Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands from 1917 to 1923 and the 1st Governor of Leyte from 1906 to 1907.
The legislative districts of Bacolod are the representations of the highly urbanized city of Bacolod in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The city is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.
The legislative districts of Misamis were the representations of the historical province of Misamis in the various national legislatures of the Philippines until 1931. The undivided province's representation encompassed what are now the provinces of Camiguin,Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental,and the highly urbanized city of Cagayan de Oro.
The 4th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippine Islands under the sovereign control of the United States from October 16,1916,to March 8,1919.
JoséYulo Sr. was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation and was Speaker of the National Assembly of the Philippines from 1939 until World War II started in 1941. Yulo served in all of the branches of government:the legislative as House Speaker,congressman,and senator;the executive as Secretary of Justice and member of the Cabinet;and the judiciary as the Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He and his family also owned the Canlubang Sugar Estate that they bought in 1948.
The 5th Philippine Legislature was the meeting of the legislature of the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States from 1919 to 1922.
Gil Miranda Montilla was a Filipino politician and businessman who served as speaker of the National Assembly from 1935 to 1938,and a member of the Philippine Senate from 1931 to 1935.
Antonio Ledesma Jayme was a Filipino lawyer,revolutionary hero,Governor of Negros Occidental,and assemblyman,as well as a lawmaker and a revolutionary nation's founding father and a signatory to a nation-state's constitution.
The Insular Government of the Philippine Islands was an unincorporated territory of the United States that was established on April 11,1899 upon ratification of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. It was reorganized in 1935 in preparation for later independence. The Insular Government was preceded by the Military Government of the Philippine Islands and was followed by the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Francisco Tongio Liongson was a Filipino medical doctor and politician.
Francisco Felipe Villanueva was a Filipino political leader during the Philippine–American War.
Negros is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines,with a total land area of 13,309 km2 (5,139 sq mi). The coastal zone of the southern part of Negros is identified as a site of highest marine biodiversity importance in the Coral Triangle.
JoséMaría Arroyo y Pidal was a Filipino politician. He served as the representative of the first district of Iloilo from 1916 to 1919,and as a senator representing the seventh senatorial district from 1919 until his death in Italy on March 8,1927.
JoséAniceto Clarín y Butalid was a Filipino politician who served as the 3rd president pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines from 1934 until his death in 1935. He also served as acting Senate President of the Philippines briefly in 1932 when Senate President Manuel Quezon went on leave.
Joaquin Damaso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a Filipino revolutionary and politician. He was a colonel during the Philippine Revolution,senator (1916–1919),governor of La Union (1904–1907),governor of Mountain Province,and representative of La Union's 1st District (1910–1916).
Francisco Tongio Liongson was a Filipino medical doctor and politician.
Espiridión Guanco y Cordero was a Filipino politician during the American occupation. While serving for the Philippine senate,he was the Secretary to the Senate President Manuel L. Quezon.
Isaac Araneta Lacson was a Filipino politician who served as the Governor of Negros Occidental during the American occupation.
Juan Villamor y Borbón was a Filipino writer,revolutionary and politician.
