1935 Constitution

After the end of Filipino resistance, American initially implemented rule to pacify Filipinos and eventually the
restoration of civil government with William H. Taft as the first civil governor in the Philippines.

Organized Central & Local Government Through:

• Establishment of Public Schools;
• Creation of Judiciary Department;
• Implementation of Filipinization policy;
• And placing of all municipal officers in hands of popularly elected Filipinos
• The ratification of the Philippine Bill of 1902, which called for the creation of a lower legislative branch composed
of elected Filipino legislators, and the Jones Law in August 1916 gave the Filipinos the opportunity to govern
themselves better.
• Political Parties
US Congress granted Jones Law or Philippines Autonomy Act of 1916 for setting up all Filipino Legislatives:
• Senate in six years
• House of Representatives for three years

Some Filipinos elected as Resident Commissioner in US Congress;

• Manuel as Senate President, and;
• Sergio Osmeña as Speaker of the House
1935 Constitution
-accordance with Tydings Mcduffie Act of 1934

The draft of 1935 Constitution was finished in February 8, 1935 and was inaguarated in
November 15, 1935.

A year later, President Manuel L. Quezon issued Proclamation No 36 s. 1936 declaring February 8
as Constitution Day