Carlos Corrales was elected as the first “Presidente” of the whole island of Camiguin which comprised of one municipality at that time. He was later elected delegate to the First Philippine Assembly of 1907, representing a district of Misamis Province. His nephew Manuel Corrales Jr. was also a delegate for Misamis. In 1888, he was appointed Justice of the Peace of Mambajao in Camiguin; later he served as a member of the municipal council for two terms. In 1900, Carlos Corrales y Garcia took active part in the Philippine Revolution against the United States.