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The Philippine commission was establish after the Spanish-American War. Appointed by te President of the uS, it had legislative and some limited executive functions. The Jones Act of 1916 replaced is with an elected Philippine Seante.

The head of the first Philippine Commission, established in 1899, was Dr. Jacob Schurman, president of Cornell University.

The head of the Seconf Philippine Commission (also called the Taft Commission), appointed in March 1900, was William Howard Taft.

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