Benito Legarda
Former Resident Commissioner of the Philippines
Benito Cosmé Legarda y Tuason 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... Wikipedia
Born: September 27, 1853, Manila, Philippines
Died: August 27, 1915 (age 61 years), Évian-les-Bains, France
Place of burial: Manila North Cemetery, Manila, Philippines
Previous offices: Resident Commissioner of the Philippines (1909–1912), Resident Commissioner of the Philippines (1907–1912), and Vice President of the Malolos Congress of Philippines (1898–1899)
Party: Progresista Party
Education: University of Santo Tomas (UST)
Full name: Benito Legarda y Tuason