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Benito Cosme Legarda y Tuason (September 27, 1853 – August 27, 1915) was a Filipino legislator who was a member of the
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of the American colonial
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, the government's legislature, and later a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the
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Early life and education

He was born in
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, Philippines on September 27, 1853 to a Spanish-Filipino mestizo family. He attended the Jesuits' College and the
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of Manila.


Political life

He started his political life as a member of President
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's cabinet at
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and vice president of the Filipino Congress. He later became a member of the
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in 1901 and was elected as a Resident Commissioner to the Sixtieth and to the two succeeding Congresses (November 22, 1907 - March 3, 1912). He was not a candidate for renomination to the Sixty-third Congress in 1912, in large part due to opposition to his candidacy from the
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. He founded the ''Federalista'' Party in the early part of the 20th century., page 444. He was an upper-class Filipino who cooperated with the
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Death

Benito Legarda died on August 27, 1915, in Evian-les-Bains, France. He is buried at the
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.


Legacy

The
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and
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in Manila were named in Legarda's honor.


See also

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References

1853 births 1915 deaths Burials at the Manila North Cemetery Filipino nationalists Filipino people of Spanish descent Hispanic and Latino American members of the United States Congress Members of the United States Congress of Filipino descent People from Quiapo, Manila Resident Commissioners of the Philippines University of Santo Tomas alumni Members of the Philippine Commission {{Philippines-politician-stub