1st Philippine Legislature

1st Philippine Legislature
2nd
Overview
TermOctober 16, 1907 – May 20, 1909
Governor-General
Philippine Commission
Members9
President
Philippine Assembly
Members80
SpeakerSergio Osmeña
Majority leaderManuel L. Quezon
Minority leaderVicente Singson Encarnacion

The 1st Philippine Legislature was the first session of the Philippine Legislature, the first representative legislature of the Philippines. Then known as the Philippine Islands, the Philippines under the sovereign control of the United States through the Insular Government. The Philippine Legislature consisted of an appointed upper house, the Philippine Commission, and an elected lower house, the Philippine Assembly. These bodies were the predecessors of the Philippine Senate and Philippine House of the Philippine Congress.