| Benito Legarda | |
| Office: | Resident Commissioner of the Philippines |
| Appointer: | William Howard Taft |
| Successor: | Manuel Earnshaw |
| Alongside: | Pablo Ocampo (1907–1909) Manuel L. Quezon (1909–1912) |
| Office2: | Vice President of the Malolos Congress |
| Birth Name: | Benito Cosmé Legarda y Tuason |
| Birth Date: | September 27, 1853 |
| Birth Place: | Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Death Place: | Évian-les-Bains, France |
| Resting Place: | Manila North Cemetery |
| Spouse: | Teresa de la Paz y Santos |
| Alma Mater: | University of Santo Tomas |
| Party: | Progresista (1907–1915) Federalista (1900–1907) Independent (1898–1900) |
| Office1: | Member of the Philippine Commission |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Otherparty: | Republican |
| Termstart: | November 22, 1907 |
| Termend: | March 3, 1912 |
| Termstart1: | September 1, 1901 |
| Termend1: | December 21, 1907 |
| Termstart2: | September 15, 1898 |
| Termend2: | November 13, 1899 |
| Termstart3: | September 15, 1898 |
| Termend3: | November 13, 1899 |
| Office3: | Member of the Malolos Congress |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Successor2: | Position abolished (Antonio de las Alas as Speaker Pro Tempore of the Philippine Assembly) |
| President2: | Pedro Paterno |
| Constituency3: | Jolo |
| Citizenship: | Spain, Philippine |
| Nationality: | Spain, United States |
Benito Cosmé Legarda y Tuason (September 27, 1853 – August 27, 1915) was a Filipino legislator who was a member of the Philippine Commission of the American colonial Insular Government, the government's legislature, and later a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress.
He was born in Manila, Philippines on September 27, 1853 to a Spanish-Filipino and Chinese mestizo family.[1] He attended the Jesuits' College and the University of Santo Tomas of Manila.
He started his political life as a member of President Emilio Aguinaldo's cabinet at Malolos and vice president of the Malolos Congress. He later became a member of the Philippine Commission in 1901 and was elected as a Resident Commissioner to the Sixtieth and to the two succeeding Congresses (November 22, 1907 - March 3, 1912). He was not a candidate for renomination to the Sixty-third Congress in 1912, in large part due to opposition to his candidacy from the Philippine Assembly.[1] He founded the Federalista Party in the early part of the 20th century.[2] He was an upper-class Filipino who cooperated with the United States.[2]
Benito Legarda died on August 27, 1915, in Evian-les-Bains, France. He is buried at the Manila North Cemetery.
The Legarda Elementary School and Legarda Street in Manila were named in Legarda's honor.