Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1935, Amurka, bisa ga alkawarinta na cikakken ikon mallakar Philippines, ta kafa Commonwealth na Philippines bayan amincewa da Tsarin Mulki na 1935, wanda kuma ya dawo da shugabancin. An gudanar da zaben shugaban kasa na farko, kuma an zabi Manuel L. Quezon (1935<unk>44) zuwa wa'adi na shekaru shida, ba tare da tanadin sake zaben ba, a matsayin shugaban kasar Philippines na biyu kuma shugaban kasa na farko na Commonwealth. A cikin 1940, duk da haka, an gyara Kundin Tsarin Mulki don ba da damar sake zaɓe amma an rage wa'adin zuwa shekaru hudu. Canji a cikin gwamnati ya faru shekaru uku bayan haka lokacin da aka shirya Jamhuriyar Philippine ta biyu tare da zartar da Tsarin Mulki na 1943, wanda Japan ta sanya bayan da ta mamaye Philippines a 1942 a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. José P. Laurel ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban marigayi na sabuwar gwamnatin da Japan ta tallafawa; shugabancinsa na "a zahiri", wanda ba a yarda da shi ba har zuwa shekarun 1960, ya haɗu da na shugaban Commonwealth, wanda ya tafi gudun hijira. An rushe Jamhuriyar ta Biyu bayan
Kasar Japan ta mika wuya ga Allies a shekarar 1945; An sake dawo da Commonwealth a cikin Philippines a wannan shekarar tare da Sergio Osmeña (1944 <unk> 46) a matsayin shugaban kasa.