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Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (died 1957)

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Francis Burton Harrison

American-Filipino politician (1873–1957)

Francis Burton Harrison was an American-Filipino statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives and was appointed governor-general of the Philippines by President of the United States Woodrow Wilson. Harrison was a prominent adviser to the president of the…
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Governor-General of the Philippines

Title of government executive in colonial Philippines

The governor-general of the Philippines was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, first by the Spanish in Mexico City and later Madrid as "Captain General"– Spanish: Capitán General de Filipinas, Filipino: Kapitan Heneral ng…
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