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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Philippine IslandsPablo OCAMPO
(1853-1925)
OCAMPO, Pablo, a Resident
Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Manila,
Philippine Islands, January 25, 1853; attended San Juan de Letran
College, and was graduated from Santo Tomas University in 1882;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and practiced in
Manila; prosecuting attorney of the district of Tondo 1883 and
1884; secretary of the Royal Court of Manila under the Spanish
regime 1885-1887; relator of the supreme court of the Philippine
Islands in 1887 and 1888; counsel to the Economic Association of
the Philippines 1888-1890; was a representative of the Provinces of
Principe, Infanta, Lepanto, and Bontoc in the Filipino Government
in Malolos and was elected secretary of the Filipino Parliament;
professor of law in the University of Malolos in 1898; editor of La
Patria at Manila, in 1899 and 1900; editor of the Faro Juridico y
Consultor de los Jueces de Paz, the first law publication on the
Philippine Islands, in 1907 and 1908; appointed by the Government
of the Filipino Republic as its representative in Manila; elected
as a Resident Commissioner to the United States and served from
November 22, 1907, to November 22, 1909; one of the delegates of
the American Congress to the Interparliamentary Congress of Nations
held in the Reichstag at Berlin, Germany, in 1908; representative
from Manila in the Second Philippine Legislature; member of the
first independence mission to the United States; adviser and
counsel of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo from the time of his connection
with the revolutionary government until 1925; died in Manila,
Philippine Islands, February 5, 1925; interment in La Loma Catholic
Cemetery.
Bibliography
Martin, Mart. The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American
Politics. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1999.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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