Jaime C. de Veyra

Jaime Carlos de Veyra (born November 4, 1873 in Tanauan , †  March 7, 1963 in Manila ) was a Filipino politician . Between 1917 and 1923 he represented the Philippines as a Resident Commissioner in the United States House of Representatives .

Career

Jaime de Veyra attended both public and private schools in his homeland. In 1893 he graduated from the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Manila. Between 1895 and 1897 he studied law and philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. In 1898 and 1899 he was secretary to the American military governor of Leyte . Then he worked in the newspaper industry. At the same time he remained politically active. He was a member of the Nacionalista Party and became a member of the Cebu City Council ; from 1906 to 1907 he served as governor of Leyte. Between 1907 and 1909 he was a member of the Philippine Assembly . From 1913 to 1916 he was a member of the American Philippine Commission . In 1916 and 1917 he was Executive Secretary of the Philippine Islands .

In 1917, Jaime de Veyra was elected by the Philippine legislature as a non-voting delegate to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1917. After a few re-elections, he was able to exercise this until March 3, 1923. In 1922 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, De Veyra initially worked again in the journalism industry. Between 1925 and 1936 he headed the Spanish faculty at the University of the Philippines in Manila; from 1936 to 1944 he was director of the Institute of National Language , which deals with the development of the various Filipino dialects. He also worked for the National Library of the Philippines as a researcher on historical manuscripts and documents.

Web links

• Jaime C. de Veyra in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)