| Presidents » Quezon (604 words) |
 | In 1909 Quezon was appointed as one of two Philippine resident commissioners in Washington where he served for seven years. |
| Quezon was instrumental in obtaining passage in 1916 of the Jones Act, which granted the Philippines a greater degree of self-government and promised the islands eventual independence. |
| Quezon resigned as commissioner and returned to Manila to be elected to the newly formed Philippine Senate in 1916; he subsequently served as its president until 1935. |
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