Commonwealth of the Philippines Commonwealth de Filipinas (Spanish) Komonwelt ng Pilipinas (Tagalog)
Status | Associated state and protectorate of the United States
Capital | Manilaa
Common languages | Spanish English
Religion | Roman Catholicism
Government | Presidential commonwealth
President |
• 1935–44 | Manuel L. Quezon
• 1944–46 | Sergio Osmeña
• 1946 | Manuel Roxas
High Commissioner |
• 1935–37 | Frank Murphy
• 1937–39 | Paul V. McNutt
• 1939–42 | Francis Bowes Sayre
• 1945–46 | Paul V. McNutt
Vice President |
• 1935–44 | Sergio Osmeña
• 1946 | Elpidio Quirino
Legislature | National Assembly (1935–41) Congress (1945–46)
Historical era | Interwar, World War II
• Tydings–McDuffie Act | November 15 1935
• Independence | July 4 1946
• Treaty of Manila | October 22, 1946