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On March 16, 1900, United States President William McKinley appointed the then Judge William Howard Taft to head the second Philippine Commission, which would also be known as the Taft Commission. Taft would become Governor-General of the Philippines and later, the president of the U.S.
William Howard Taft, 27th president (1909–13) and 10th chief justice of the United States (1921–30). As president, Taft alienated progressive Republicans, thereby contributing to the split in Republican ranks in 1912, to the formation of the Bull Moose Party, and to his failure to win a second term.
William Howard Taft was the first head of the Philippine Commission from March 16, 1900 until July 4, 1901, after which the commission's head also became the Civil Governor of the Philippines. Taft served in that office until January 31, 1904, when he was appointed Secretary of War by President Theodore Roosevelt . [4]
On July 4, 1901, Taft was inaugurated as the first civilian governor general of the Philippines. He would oversee US rule in the Philippines for 13 years, four as governor general and nine as secretary of war and, later, as the 27th president of the United States.
During his time as a member of the Philippine Commission, secretary of war, as vice president, then president, and even his years after he left politics and ended up as chief justice of the Supreme Court, Taft consistently and vigorously argued that the United States must remain in the Philippines, help build a “‘Philippines for ...
Sultan Jamalul Kiram II with William Howard Taft of the Philippine Commission in Jolo, Sulu (March 27, 1901) In January 1900, Taft was called to Washington to meet with McKinley. Taft hoped a Supreme Court appointment was in the works, but instead McKinley wanted to place Taft on the commission to organize a civilian government in ...
On 4 July 1901, William Howard Taft, president of the commission, became the Philippines' first civilian governor. The commission defined its mission as preparing the Filipinos for eventual independence, and focused on economic development, public education, and the establishment of representative institutions.
