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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Philippine IslandsQUEZON, Manuel Luis
(1878—1944)
QUEZON, Manuel Luis, a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in Baler, Province of Tayabas, Philippine Islands, August 19, 1878; attended the public schools and the College of San Juan de Letran, Manila; studied law at the University of Santo Tomas; was admitted to the bar in April 1903; major in the Philippine Army and detailed to General Aguinaldo’s staff; under the American Government held the office of prosecuting attorney for the Province of Mindoro and was subsequently transferred to the Province of Tayabas; elected Provincial Governor of Tayabas and served from 1906 to 1907, when he resigned; delegate to the first Philippine Assembly and was the floor leader of his party in 1907 and 1908; elected by the Nationalist Party a Resident Commissioner to the United States in 1909; reelected in 1912 and served from November 23, 1909, to October 15, 1916, when he resigned; member and president of the Philippine Senate 1916-1935; elected President of the Philippine Islands on September 17, 1935, and served from the inauguration of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on November 15, 1935, until his death; escaped from Luzon in the Philippine Islands on February 20, 1942, in a United States submarine after the Philippines had fallen to the Japanese; died in Saranac Lake, N.Y., on August 1, 1944; remains interred temporarily in a mausoleum at Arlington (Va.) National Cemetery; subsequently reinterred in Cemeterio del Norte, Manila, Philippines.
Enosawa, Hisashi. Manuel L. Quezon, from Nipa house to Malacanan.
Tokyo: Japan Publicity Agency, 1940.
Goettel, Elinor. Eagle of the Philippines: President Manuel Quezon.
New York: J. Messner, 1970.
Gwekoh, Sol H. Manuel L. Quezon: His Life and Career; A Philippine President Biography.
Manila: University Publishing Company, 1948.
———. Quezon the President.
Manila: Apo Book Company, 1938.
National Library [Philippines]. Filipiniana Division. Manuel L. Quezon: A Register of His Papers in the National Library.
Manila: N.p., 1968.
Philippines. Bureau of Public Libraries. Manuel L. Quezon: A Register of his papers in the National Library.
Manila: N.p., 1968.
Quezon, Manuel L. Addresses of Manuel L. Quezon, Resident Commissioner; Henderson S. Martin, Chairman of the Board of Regents; Ignacio Villamor, President of the University of the Philippines: Delivered at the Inaugural Ceremonies Held in the Auditorium of the Philippine Normal School, Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila, P.I., Thursday, August 12, 1915.
Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1915.
———. Address of the President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Manuel L. Quezon.
Washington: Press of B. S. Adams, 1942 [?].
———. The Good Fight.
Introduction by Douglas MacArthur. 1946. Reprint, New York: AMS Press, 1974.
Quezon, Manuel L., and Camilo Osias. Governor-General Wood and the Filipino Cause.
Manila: Manila Book Company, 1924.
Quirino, Carlos. Quezon, Man of Destiny.
Manila: McCullough Printing Company, 1935.
———. Quezon: Paladin of Philippine Freedom.
With an introduction by Alejandro R. Roces. Manila: Filipiniana Book Guild, 1971.
———. Quezon: Paladin of Philippine Freedom.
With an introduction by Alejandro R. Roces. Manila: Printed by Community Publishers, 1971.
Rivera, Juan F., ed. Quezon: Thoughts and Anecdotes About Him and His Fights.
Quezon City [?]: J. Rivera, 1979.
Rodriguez, Eulogio Balan, ed. President Quezon: His Biographical Sketch, Messages and Speeches.
Manila: Publishers Incorporated, 1940.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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