Manuel Roxas
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Manuel Acuña Roxas was the fifth president of the Philippines, serving from 1946 until his death in 1948. He served briefly as the third and last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from
Portrait by Hessler Studio, 1946
Roxas during his early years
House Speaker Roxas in 1923
Roxas as a delegate to the Philippine Constitutional Convention, published by Benipayo Press (c. 1935)
Sergio Osmeña
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Sergio Osmeña Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946 and as the first vice president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He
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…which was proposed in the Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill being debated within the halls of Congress. In early 1930, Roxas flew to the United States with Sergio Osmeña to lobby the U.S. Congress to go slow on the granting of independence in the Hare-Hawes-Cutting Bill. Aside from the fear of Japan, many Filipinos were…
Photograph of Osmeña
Osmeña as a member of the Philippine Assembly, 1908
Osmeña (seated, left) and Manuel L. Quezon (seated, right) during their early years
Osmeña as Speaker of the Philippine Assembly