The Philippine Insular Government was an unincorporated territory of the United States that was established on April 11, 1899 upon ratification of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. It was reorganized in 1935
Revenue stamp for the Philippine Islands issued in 1930.
Poster advertising the passage of the Jones Law
Manila, capital of the Insular Government, March 1920.
William Howard Taft was the first civil governor of the Philippine Islands
The Philippine Legislature was the legislature of the Philippines from 1907 to 1935, during the American colonial period, and predecessor of the current Congress of the Philippines. It was bicameral a
Joint session of the Philippine Legislature, Manila. November 15, 1916
Philippine Legislature before 1924