Benito Legarda

Benito Legarda
Legarda in c. 1908
Resident Commissioner of the Philippines
In office
November 22, 1907 – March 3, 1912
Serving with Pablo Ocampo (1907–1909)
Manuel L. Quezon (1909–1912)
Appointed byWilliam Howard Taft
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byManuel Earnshaw
Member of the Philippine Commission
In office
September 1, 1901 – December 21, 1907
Vice President of the Malolos Congress
In office
September 15, 1898 – November 13, 1899
PresidentPedro Paterno
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished (Antonio de las Alas as Speaker Pro Tempore of the Philippine Assembly)
Member of the Malolos Congress
In office
September 15, 1898 – November 13, 1899
ConstituencyJolo
Personal details
Born
Benito Cosmé Legarda y Tuason

(1853-09-27)September 27, 1853
Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
DiedAugust 27, 1915(1915-08-27) (aged 61)
Évian-les-Bains, France
Resting placeManila North Cemetery
CitizenshipSpain, Philippine
NationalitySpain, United States
Political partyProgresista (1907–1915)
Federalista (1900–1907)
Independent (1898–1900)
Other political
affiliations
Republican
SpouseTeresa de la Paz y de los Santos
Alma materUniversity of Santo Tomas

Benito Cosmé Legarda y Tuason (September 27, 1853 – August 27, 1915) was a Filipino legislator who was a member of the Philippine Commission of the American colonial Insular Government, the government's legislature, and later a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress.