William Howard Taft1900
William McKinley appoints Taft as the chairman of a commission to organize a civilian Government in the Philippines, which had been ceded to the United States by Spain following the Spanish-American War
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William McKinley appoints Taft as the chairman of a commission to organize a civilian Government in the Philippines, which had been ceded to the United States by Spain following the Spanish-American War
From 1901 to 1903, Taft serves as the first civilian Governor of General of the Philippines
Taft visits Rome to negotiate with Pope Leo XIII for the purchase of lands in the Philippines owned by the Roman Catholic Church
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