1. Pablo Ocampo de Leon was a Filipino lawyer, nationalist, a member of the Malolos Congress, inaugural holder of the office of Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress alongside Benito Legarda and a member of the 2nd Philippine Legislature.
Pablo Ocampo gave his service to his country and helped to bring about the peaceful transition of the Philippines from being a colony of Spain for more than 300 years to what would later become the American Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Pablo Ocampo's father was Andres Ocampo, a gobernadorcillo of Santa Cruz, Manila in the Spanish period, while his mother was Macaria de Leon.
Pablo Ocampo spent his secondary school years in the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and went on to take up law at the University of Santo Tomas.
Pablo Ocampo finished his degree in March 1882 and went on to practice law in Manila.
Pablo Ocampo studied law at San Juan de Letran College and the University of Santo Tomas graduating in 1882.
The son of Jesus, Pabling Pablo Ocampo, served the Philippine Congress representing a District of Manila prior to the declaration of Martial Law by then President Ferdinand Marcos.
Sandy Pablo Ocampo, the daughter of Pabling, is a former representative of the 6th District of Manila in the Philippine Congress.
Pablo Ocampo became caretaker of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage, known as the Virgin of Antipolo until her death.
Pablo Ocampo later became defensor de oficio and secretary of the Colegio de Abogados.
Pablo Ocampo represented the Provinces of Prinsipe, Lepanto, Bontok, and Infanta.
Pablo Ocampo taught civil law and political economy at the short-lived Universidad Cientifico-Literaria de Filipinas which was run by the revolutionary government.
On July 3,1899, Pablo Ocampo was appointed by Emilio Aguinaldo as sole representative of the Revolutionary government in the city of Manila and served as head of its intelligence office.
Pablo Ocampo became the editor of La Patria, a nationalist paper that was founded on September 16,1899.
Nine days later, Pablo Ocampo saw himself being shipped on the American vessel Rosecrans along with other revolutionaries such as Apolinario Mabini, Julian Gerona, Maximo Hizon, Pio del Pilar, Mariano Llanera, and Artemio Ricarte.
Pablo Ocampo lived in exile in Guam for almost two years and was only able to return to the Philippines after President William McKinley granted him amnesty.
Pablo Ocampo finally took the oath of allegiance in 1902.
Pablo Ocampo did not support the call for immediate independence which was the stand of other Filipino politicians.
On November 22,1907, Pablo Ocampo was elected by the Assembly as the first Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States of America.
Pablo Ocampo won against Rafael del Pan, Justo Lukban, Jaime C de Veyra, and Alberto Barretto.
Pablo Ocampo was convinced that independence would motivate Filipinos to strengthen the government and improve the country's economy.
Pablo Ocampo was a part of the American delegation sent to the 15th Inter-Parliamentary Union conference held in Berlin, Germany, on September 17 to 19,1908.
In 1909, after two years in Washington, DC, Pablo Ocampo ran once for a seat to represent the southern district of Manila in the 2nd Philippine Legislature and won.
Pablo Ocampo was a member of the committees on appropriations, metropolitan relations, and the committee for the city of Manila.
Pablo Ocampo's remains lie at the Ocampo-Campos family mausoleum in Antipolo, Rizal.