VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Quezon was the Philippines’ first majority president, not Marcos Jr., as Gadon claims
Manuel L. Quezon was the first president elected by a majority of Filipinos with 67.99% of the total votes cast in 1935, while Ramon Magsaysay holds the record for the president who won with the highest percentage of 68.90% which he gained in the 1935 elections.