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.
The first American governor-general of the Philippines was William Howard Taft. He was appointed by then President, William McKinley in 1900. There has been no American Governor of the Philippines since 1946.
William Howard Taft was the first US Civil Governor of the Philippines, but he got that appointment AFTER the Spanish-American War. There was no American governor f the Philippines during the Spanish-American War because until the war was over the Philippines were a Spanish possession and had a Spanish governor.
The US first appointed governor generals in the year of 1898, after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. The first American governor-general, William Howard Taft, began his term in 1901. he would continue until the establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935.
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The first American Military Governor of the Philippines was General Wesley Merritt.
William Howard Taft.
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 Howard Taft was the military governor of the Philippines soon after the US occupied them as a result of the Spanish-American war.
William Howard Taft.
William Howard Taft
The first American Military Governor of the Philippines was General Wesley Merritt. The second was General Elwell Otis. The final was General Arthur MacArthur.
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