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The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
1816 New York gubernatorial election; United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1816; 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections; 1816 United States presidential election; 1816 and 1817 United States Senate elections
Aquino did not wish to run for re-election, [98] and leading up to the 1992 presidential election she supported Fidel V. Ramos, who had left her party to form his own, rather than the nominated leader of her party, Ramon Mitra. [99] [100] Ramos won, albeit under controversial circumstances and allegations of electoral fraud.
The 1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Kongreso ng Komenwelt ng Pilipinas), also known as the Postwar Congress, [1] and the Liberation Congress, [2] refers to the meeting of the bicameral legislature composed of the Senate and House of Representatives, from 1945 to 1946.
Manuel Roxas of the newly formed Liberal Party won the election a few weeks prior to the granting of independence by the United States. In 1949, the first election for the newly independent republic was held with President Elpidio Quirino winning; Quirino succeeded Roxas, who died while in office. Thereafter, elections were held every four ...
During the elections, the name Republica Filipina [2] (Philippine Republic, also the formal name of the "First Republic" of 1899) was mentioned. After Aguinaldo had secured his position among the Magdalo and Magdiwang alike, it was proclaimed and named in documents as Republica de Filipinas (Republic of the Philippines, akin to the official ...
[144] The Philippines declared war against the United States on June 2, 1899, with Pedro Paterno, President of the Congress of the First Philippine Republic, issuing a Proclamation of War. [ 15 ] As the First Philippine Republic was never recognized as a sovereign state , and the United States never formally declared war, the conflict was not ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States from November 1 to December 4, 1816. In the first election following the end of the War of 1812, Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe defeated Federalist Rufus King. The election was the last in which the Federalist Party fielded a presidential candidate.