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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Philippine IslandsBenito LEGARDA Y TUASON
(1853-1915)
LEGARDA Y TUASON, Benito,
a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in
Manila, Philippine Islands, September 27, 1853; attended the
Jesuits’ College and St. Tomas University of Manila; member
of President Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy’s cabinet at Malolos and
vice president of the Filipino Congress; member of the Philippine
Commission 1901; elected as a Resident Commissioner to the Sixtieth
and to the two succeeding Congresses (November 22, 1907- March 3,
1912); was not a candidate for renomination to the Sixty-third
Congress in 1912; died on August 27, 1915, in Evian-les-Bains,
France; interment in Cementerio del Norte, Manila, Philippine
Islands.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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