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The Philippine Assembly (sometimes called the Philippine National Assembly) was the lower house of the Philippines from 1907 to 1916.  Along with an upper house (the appointed Philippine Commission), it formed the bicameral Philippine Legislature during part of the American Colonial Period.The Assembly was created by the 1902 Philippine Organic Act of the United States Congress, which established the Insular Government of the Philippines.  In 1916,  the Jones Act replaced the Philippine Organic Act and the Assembly became the current House of Representatives of the Philippines.
The first Philippine Assembly elections were held on July 30, 1907.  These were the first nationwide elections ever held in the Philippines. The Assembly was inaugurated on October 16, 1907 with Sergio Osmeña as Speaker of the Assembly, Manuel L. Quezon as majority leader, and Vicente Singson as minority leader.The inauguration of the assembly marked a "turning point in the country’s history, for its creation marked the commencement of Filipino participation in self-governance and a big leap towards self-determination."   The Philippine Assembly was the first legislative body in the Philippines fully chosen by national elections.  It is a direct precursor of the current House of Representatives of the Philippines.