Federalista Party

Federalist Party
Partido Federalista
PresidentTrinidad Pardo de Tavera
FounderPedro Paterno, Benito Legarda, Felipe Buencamino
FoundedDecember 23, 1900
Dissolved1907
Succeeded byProgresista Party
IdeologyPro-Statehood

The Federalista Party (Filipino and Spanish: Partido Federalista; lit.'Federalist Party') was a political party in the Philippines during the First Philippine Republic and the Insular Government era. It was founded by prominent Filipino politicians such as, Pedro Paterno, Benito Legarda and Felipe Buencamino, among others. It advocated for the Philippines to become a U.S. state.