Cayetano Arellano

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Cayetano Arellano

Cayetano L. Arellano (born March 2, 1847 in Orion , Bataan Province , † December 23, 1920 in Manila ) was a Filipino lawyer and the first Filipino who was appointed to the office of chairman of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

He was born the son of Don Servando Arellano and Cristina Lanzon. At the age of five he began his education at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Intramuros , Manila. To finance the training at the Colegio, he worked at the Colegio. He was considered to be a pupil with a quick grasp of things, so that he could get good grades without much problem. He completed his training with a Bachelor of Arts. After that he felt the desire to become a priest. He enrolled in 1858 at the Pontifical and Royal University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila and acquired two academic degrees , the Bachelor of Philosophy in 1862 and the Bachelor of Theology in 1867. He then studied again at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and earned there the Bachelor of Laws . In 1876 he opened his own law firm, where he worked with Felipe G. Calderon . After a while he began teaching at the Pontifical and Royal University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila. His students included Francisco Ortigas , Sergio Osmeña , Manuel Quezon and Epifanio de los Santos , among others .

In 1886 he was elected Magistrado Suplente and in 1893 a member of the provincial board of directors, which led to his appointment to Magistrado Suplente de la Audencia Territorial de Manila in 1897. In 1898 Emilio Aguinaldo asked him to head the Foreign Ministry of the first Philippine republic , which he refused. In 1899, Arellano began to work with the US occupation forces and the Schurman Commission . From them he was appointed judge of the Provisional Supreme Court of the Philippines. On May 1, 1901, Arellano was appointed by William Howard Taft as Chief Justice and Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, now constituted by the Taft Commission . He held this position until April 1, 1920, when he retired. He died on December 23, 1920 in Manila .

Because of his merits, the Arellano Law College, now Arellano University , was founded in 1938 and named after him.

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SURNAME Arellano, Cayetano
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arellano, Cayetano L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Filipino lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Orion , Bataan Province
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1920
Place of death Manila