Hard to say. William McKinley was President in 1898 when the Phillippines claimed their independence from Spain ( and actually everybody else). William Howard Taftserved as the first US colonial governor. Harry Truman was President in 1946 when the Philippines became independent of the US.
In 1910 no one had the title "President of the Philippines." At that time the Philippines was a possession of the USA and was governed by an appointee of the US President. You might stretch a point and say that the President of the US was the President of the Philippines, although no one thought in those terms then. In 1910 the President of the US was William Howard Taft.
Most historians rank Lincoln as the most outstanding US president, both for what he did and what he stood for. He was a man of rare ability at the time of a terrible crisis.
The American Era in the Philippines lasted from 1898 to 1946. President McKinley made the most political differences during this time period.
William Howard Taft was the military governor of the Philippines soon after the US occupied them as a result of the Spanish-American war.
William McKinley.
In July of 1944 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with his senior commanders in Hawaii to decide whether to invade the Philippines or Taiwan. The senior US Navy commanders believed that an invasion of Taiwan would aid the "island hopping" Pacific campaign and the US Air Force could keep Japanese forces in the Philippines isolated. The US Army believed that invading the Philippines was a better way to take control of US military operations in East Asia. President Roosevelt decided that the US had better prospects if the Philippines were retaken. The Japanese had captured the Philippines in 1962.
Kentucky was the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, the US president and of Jefferson Davis, the president of the confederate states.
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He was appointed the resident commissioner for Philippines in the US in 1909. He participated in the struggle for independence of Philippines that came in 1935.
James Madison is the father of the US Constitution.
William Howard Taft served as a governor of the Philippines when it was under US control and later became US president. Taft Avenue in Metro Manila, Philippines is named after him.