Manuel L. Quezon was a Filipino statesman and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. Some key facts about him: 1) He was born in 1878 in Baler, Philippines and served as a representative and then senator for the Philippines, lobbying for greater autonomy and independence. 2) As president from 1935-1944, he established the Commonwealth of the Philippines and oversaw the country's transition towards full independence. 3) He died in 1944 in Saranac Lake, New York from tuberculosis. Quezon is honored widely in the Philippines, with places, universities and currency named after him.

1. MANUEL
L.
QUEZON

3. (August 19, 1878 – August 1, 1944)
-Born in Baler in the district of El
Principe (Baler, Aurora)
-His Spanish parents were Lucio Quezon
and Maria Dolores Molina
-His wife is Aurora Aragon Quezon
(December 17, 1918)
-Maria Aurora Quezon, Maria Zenaida
Quezon-Avancena, Luisa Corazon Paz
Quezon, and Manuel L. Quezon Jr.
-Manuel L. Quezon III

4. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND :
-Secondary Education: Colegio de San
Juan de Letran (1892)
-Bachelor of Arts: University of
Santo Thomas (1894)
-Occupation: Land Surveyor
Lawyer (4th Place, 1903 Bar)

5. CONGRESSIONAL CAREER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
-In 1907, he was elected to the
first Philippine Assembly – later
became the House of Representatives –
where he served as majority floor
leader and chairman of the committee
on appropriations. From 1909–1916, he
served as one of the Philippines'
two resident commissioners to the U.S
House of Representatives, lobbying for
the passage of the Philippine Autonomy
Act or Jones Law.

6. SENATE
Quezón returned to Manila in 1916
to be elected into the Philippine
Senate and later became Senate
President, serving continuously
until 1935 (19 years). He headed
the first Independent Mission to
the U.S. Congress in 1919 and
securing passage of the Tydings-
Mcduffie Independence Law in 1934.
In 1922, Quezón became the leader
of Nacionalista Party.

7. PRESIDENCY
First term: November
15, 1935-December 30, 1941
Second term: December
30, 1941-August 1, 1944
(term extended on November
15, 1943)

8. 1937 Chrysler Airflow

9. “MESSAGE
TO MY
PEOPLE”

10. Died on August 1, 1944
Cause of Death:
Tuberculosis
Where:
Saranac Lake, New York

11. HIS TOMB IN QUEZON
MEMORIAL SHRINE

12. LEGACY
A province, a city, a bridge, a private
university in Manila and many streets are named
after him. The highest honor conferred by the
Republic of the Philippines is the Quezon
Service Cross. He is also memorialized
on Philippine currency. He appears on
thePhilippine twenty peso bill. He also appears
on two commemorative one peso coins, one
alongside Frank Murphy and another withFranklin
Delano Roosevelt.