The governor-general of the Philippine was the chief executive of the colonial government in the Philippines under Spanish, American, British, and Japanese rule. During the Spanish period, the office
Miguel López de Legazpi, en La Hormiga de Oro
Guido de Lavezares
Pedro de Acuña
Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera
William Howard Taft
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William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices.
Governor-General of the Philippines
…Bureau of Insular Affairs, a division of the US War Department. No. Portrait Name Tenure start Tenure end Secretary of War Vice President President 1 William Howard Taft (1857–1930) July 4, 1901 February 1, 1904 Elihu Root (1899–1904) Garret Hobart (1897–1899) William McKinley (1897–1901) Vacant Theodore Roosevelt (1901…
Portrait, c. 1908
Yale College photograph of Taft, c. 1878
Roosevelt introduces Taft as his crown prince: Puck magazine cover cartoon, 1906.
One of a series of candid photographs known as the Evolution of a Smile, taken just after a formal portrait session, as Taft learned in a telephone call from Roosevelt of his nomination for president