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Philippines

Philippines information:

• Population: 82,841,518
• Land area 115,831 square miles.
• Capital: Manila

Neighboring areas:

• North: Luzon Strait
• East: Philippine Sea
• South: Celebes Sea
• Southwest: Sulu Sea
• West: South China Sea

The Political Graveyard:

• U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Philippines
• U.S. Consuls in Philippines
• U.S. Politicians who were born in Philippines
• U.S. Politicians who lived in Philippines
• U.S. Politicians who died in Philippines
• Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of U.S. Politicians in Philippines

U.S. Diplomatic chiefs of mission to Philippines

Paul V. McNutt (Ambassador 1946-47) Emmet O'Neal (Ambassador 1947-48) Myron Melvin Cowen (Ambassador 1949-51) Raymond A. Spruance (Ambassador 1952-55) Homer Ferguson (Ambassador 1955-56) Albert F. Nufer (Ambassador 1956) Charles E. Bohlen (Ambassador 1957-59) John D. Hickerson (Ambassador 1959-61) William E. Stevenson (Ambassador 1961-64) William McCormick Blair, Jr. (Ambassador 1964-67) G. Mennen Williams (Ambassador 1968-69) Henry A. Byroade (Ambassador 1969-73) William H. Sullivan (Ambassador 1973-77) David D. Newsom (Ambassador 1977-78) Richard W. Murphy (Ambassador 1978-81) Michael Armacost (Ambassador 1982-84) Stephen W. Bosworth (Ambassador 1984-87) Nicholas Platt (Ambassador 1987-91) Frank G. Wisner II (Ambassador 1991-92) Richard H. Solomon (Ambassador 1992-93) John D. Negroponte (Ambassador 1993-96) Thomas C. Hubbard (Ambassador 1996-2000) Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr. (Ambassador 2002)

U.S. Consuls in Philippines

• Manila: John Stuart Kerr (Consul 1801-15) Andrew Stewart (Consul 1815-22) George W. Hubbell (Consul 1822-32) Alfred H. P. Edwards (Consul 1832-38) Henry P. Sturgis (Consul 1838-48) Alfred H. P. Edwards (Consul 1848-54) William P. Peirce (Consul 1854-56) Charles Griswold (Consul 1856-67) J. Russell (Vice Consul 1864) Oscar F. William (Consul 1897) Oscar F. Williams (Consul 1898) W. A. Daland (Vice Consul 1898) Gregor C. Merrill (Vice Consul 1938) Thomas A. Hickok (Consul 1939) Cabot Coville (Consul 1941) Paul P. Steintorf (Consul General 1947) Fayette J. Flexer (Consul 1947)

U.S. Politicians who were born in Philippines

• Balaoan, La Union: Camilo Osias 1889
• Baler, Tayabas Province: Manuel L. Quezon 1878
• Bangued, Abra Province: Quintin Paredes 1884
• Bulacan Province: Francisco A. Delgado 1886
• Camiling, Tarlac: Carlos P. Romulo 1899
• Cavite: Manuel Earnshaw 1862
• Davao City: Melody Damayo 1973
• Ilocos Sur: Peter A. Aduja 1920
• Manila: Benito Legarda y Tuason 1853 Pablo Ocampo 1853 Joaquin M. Elizalde 1896 John O. Bell 1912
• San Antonio, Zambales: Teodoro R. Yangco 1861
• San Isidoro, Nueva Ecija: Isauro Gabaldon 1875
• Santa Cruz, Laguna: Pedro Guevara 1879
• Tanawan, Leyte: Jaime C. De Veyra 1873

U.S. Politicians who lived in Philippines

• Balacan: Francisco A. Delgado
• Balaoan, La Union: Camilo Osias
• Bangued, Abra Province: Quintin Paredes
• Cebu: G. V. Dunlap - J. H. Kipp - D. G. McVean
• Dumaguita: H. W. Langheim - W. E. McMahon
• Iloilo: R. R. Hancock
• Leyte: Jaime C. De Veyra
• Lucena: Manuel L. Quezon
• Manila:
  • Lived in Manila, 1900-1999: William H. Anderson - Walter E. Antrim - Edwin Burke - Frank A. Churchill - Charles M. Cotterman - David Crosby - Amasa S. Crossfield - Kenneth B. Day - Jaime C. De Veyra - Theobald Diehl - Bessie A. Dwyer - Manuel Earnshaw - Joaquin M. Elizalde - E. E. Elser - Harry Farmer - H. Gilhouser - Thomas L. Hartigan - John W. Haussermann - Charles A. Johns - Clara Annis Smith Johnson - E. Finley Johnson - Amzi B. Kelly - Leon J. Lambert - Fred A. Leas - Benito Legarda y Tuason - Mary Livingstone - L. D. Lockwood - Norbert Lyons - Robert E. Manly - O. Gaylord Marsh - Henry B. McCoy - W. A. McVean - A. G. Moody - P. J. More - W. E. Norris - Pablo Ocampo - Benjamin S. Ohnick - James J. Rafferty - Charles A. Reynolds - Carlos P. Romulo - R. R. Sage - Sydney Smyth - Stewart E. Tait - Dan R. Williams - Katherine Williams - Marguerite Wolfson
• Naga, Camarines Sur: Robert E. Manly
• Nueva Ecija: Isauro Gabaldon
• Pasay: L. George Lambert - J. N. Wolfson
• San Fernando, La Union: James M. Williamson
• Santa Cruz, Laguna: Pedro Guevara
• Tayabas: Manuel L. Quezon
• Zambales: Teodoro R. Yangco

U.S. Politicians who died in Philippines

• No city given: E. J. Deymek ?
• Baguio, Benguet Province: Allison D. Gibbs 1945
• Calamba, Laguna: Hugh R. Belknap 1901
• Manila: Pablo Ocampo 1925 Manuel Earnshaw 1936 George Puchta 1937 Pedro Guevara 1937 Isauro Gabaldon 1942 Sydney Smyth 1944 Albert F. Nufer 1956 Jaime C. De Veyra 1963 Francisco A. Delgado 1964 Walt Horan 1966 Quintin Paredes 1973 Camilo Osias 1976 Carlos P. Romulo 1985

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of U.S. Politicians in Philippines

• Fort Bonifacio American Cemetery
• Manila Cementerio del Norte
• Manila Heroes' Cemetery
• Manila La Loma Cemetery
• Manila Manila Cemetery
• Quezon City Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Politicians buried here:

• E. J. Deymek — Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1940. Died in Philippines. Interment at American Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Isauro Gabaldon (1875-1942) — of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Born in San Isidoro, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, December 8, 1875. Lawyer; member of the Phillipine Islands House of Representatives, 1907-11; member of Phillipine Islands Senate, 1916-19; Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1920-28; resigned 1928. Died in Manila, Philippines, December 21, 1942. Interment at Cementerio del Norte.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Benito Legarda y Tuason (1853-1915) — of Manila, Philippines. Born in Manila, Philippines, September 27, 1853. Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1907-13. Died in Evian-les-Bains, France, August 27, 1915. Interment at Cementerio del Norte.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Pedro Guevara (1879-1937) — of Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines. Born in Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines, February 23, 1879. Member of the Phillipine Islands House of Representatives, 1909-12; member of Phillipine Islands Senate, 1916-22; Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1923-36. Died in Manila, Philippines, January 19, 1937. Interment at Cementerio del Norte.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Manuel Luis Quezon (1878-1944) — also known as Manuel L. Quezon — of Lucena, Philippines; Tayabas, Philippines. Born in Baler, Tayabas Province, Philippines, August 19, 1878. Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1909-16; resigned 1916; president, Philippine Islands, 1935-44. Catholic. Member, Freemasons. Died in Saranac Lake, Franklin County, N.Y., August 1, 1944. Originally entombed at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; reinterment at Cementerio del Norte.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Manuel Earnshaw (1862-1936) — of Manila, Philippines. Born in Cavite, Philippines, November 19, 1862. Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1913-17. Died in Manila, Philippines, February 13, 1936. Interment at Cementerio del Norte.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Teodoro Rafael Yangco (1861-1939) — also known as Teodoro R. Yangco — of Zambales, Philippines. Born in San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines, November 9, 1861. Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1917-20. Died April 20, 1939. Interment at Cementerio del Norte.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Quintin Paredes (1884-1973) — of Bangued, Abra Province, Philippines. Born in Bangued, Abra Province, Philippines, September 9, 1884. Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1936-38; resigned 1938. Died in Manila, Philippines, January 30, 1973. Interment at Cementerio del Norte.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Carlos Peña Romulo (1899-1985) — also known as Carlos P. Romulo — of Manila, Philippines. Born in Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines, January 14, 1899. Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1944-46. Died in Manila, Philippines, December 15, 1985. Interment at Heroes' Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Pablo Ocampo (1853-1925) — of Manila, Philippines. Born in Manila, Philippines, January 25, 1853. Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1907-09. Died in Manila, Philippines, February 5, 1925. Interment at La Loma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jaime Carlos De Veyra (1873-1963) — also known as Jaime C. De Veyra — of Leyte, Philippines; Manila, Philippines. Born in Tanawan, Leyte, Philippines, November 4, 1873. Member of the Phillipine Islands House of Representatives, 1907-09; Resident Commissioner to U.S. Congress from the Phillipine Islands, 1917-23. Died in Manila, Philippines, March 7, 1963. Interment at La Loma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Sydney Smyth (d. 1944) — of Manila, Philippines. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1916. Captured when the Japanese invaded the Philippines, and held at the Santo Tomas Interment Camp (University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines). Died, as a prisoner of war, in San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Philippines, April 6, 1944. Original interment at La Loma Cemetery; reinterment at Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Quezon City, Philippines.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Francis Burton Harrison (1873-1957) — also known as Francis B. Harrison — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 18, 1873. Son of Burton Harrison and Constance (Cary) Harrison; married, June 7, 1900, to Mary Crocker (died 1905) (granddaughter of Charles Crocker; daughter of Charles Frederick Crocker); married 1907 to Magel Judson; married, May 15, 1919, to Elizabeth Wrentmore (divorced 1927); married, April 8, 1927, to Margaret Wrentmore. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1903-05, 1907-13 (13th District 1903-05, 16th District 1907-13, 20th District 1913); candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1904; Governor of the Philippine Islands, 1913-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920. Died November 21, 1957. Interment at Manila Cemetery.
  • See also Aldrich-Rockefeller-Crocker-Whitehouse family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Sydney Smyth (d. 1944) — of Manila, Philippines. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Philippine Islands, 1916. Captured when the Japanese invaded the Philippines, and held at the Santo Tomas Interment Camp (University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines). Died, as a prisoner of war, in San Lazaro Hospital, Manila, Philippines, April 6, 1944. Original interment at La Loma Cemetery, Manila, Philippines; reinterment at Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
  
  

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