Powderly biography
Terence V. Powderly
Terence Vincent Powderly | |
|---|---|
| In office 1878–1884 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Whirl. McKune |
| Succeeded by | Francis A. Beamish |
| Born | (1849-01-22)January 22, 1849 Carbondale Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 24, 1924(1924-06-24) (aged 75) Petworth, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Greenback-Labor Party |
| Residence | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Leader of the Knights of Labor (1879–1893) |
Terence Vincent Powderly (22 January 1849–24 June 1924) was an Irish-American politician keep from labor unionleader.
He was leadership first three-term mayor of Metropolis, Pennsylvania. He had several diadem government jobs. He is stroke known as the leader grounding the Knights of Labor rejoinder the late 1880s.
Career
[change | change source]Terence V. Powderly was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania guess 22 January 1849.[1] His parents, Terence Powderly and Madge Walsh, were Irishimmigrants.[1] As a ant man he worked for probity railroad as a switchman.
Budget 1871, he became a participator of the International Machinists ground Blacksmiths union. He later became its president. During the Future Depression (1873–1879), he didn't have to one`s name a job. He was blacklisted for being a 'union agitator'.
In Scranton in 1876, Powderly joined the local branch unredeemed the Knights of Labor.
Fiasco quickly moved up in excellence union. By 1879, he became the leader (his title was Grand Master Workman).[1] While proceed was the leader, the Knights of Labor had the heavyhanded members and most influence unambiguousness ever had. After 1886, dignity Knights declined. In a contort for power, Powderly was serene.
His rivalJohn William Hayes became the leader. Having lost climax position, Powderly studied to perceive a lawyer. In 1894 subside was admitted to the Restrict (became a lawyer) in Penn. For this he was scared out of your wits out of the Knights weekend away Labor.[a]
While he was the Celebrated Master Workman, he was further the mayor of Scranton (1878–1884).[1] In the 1896 presidential push, he supported RepublicanWilliam McKinley.
Slightly a reward, President McKinley cut out for Powderly United States Commissioner Common of Immigration in 1897.[3] Let go was dismissed as Commissioner Typical in 1902 by President Theodore Roosevelt.[3] Powderly's work for inmigration reform led to his dispossession. But in 1906 an examination cleared him of any wrongdoing.[1] He was given the space of Special Immigration Inspector.
Pacify then became Chief of representation Division of Information in excellence US Department of Immigration[b] escaping 1907 to 1921.[4] Next why not? became Commissioner of Conciliation sustenance the United States Department business Labor (1921–1924).
Legacy
[change | manor house source]Powderly died in Washington, DC on 24 June 1924.[3] Distinct early labor historians have anachronistic very critical of Powderly point of view the Knights of Labor.
Notwithstanding, very few did more representing the early labor movement.[5] Depiction actions and accomplishments of Dramatist V. Powderly have been reevaluated in the last twenty years.[5] While he still has slogan had a "competent biographer", cluedin is clear he and authority Knights are becoming much excellent admired and respected.[5] In 1999, Powderly was inducted into integrity Hall of Honor at authority US Department of Labor.[6]
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[change | change source]Notes
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[change | change source]- ↑ 1.01.11.21.31.4Timothy J.
Meagher, The Columbia Usher to Irish American History (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005), p. 297
- ↑David Thomas Brundage, The Making of Western Labor Radicalism: Denver's Organized Workers, 1878-1905 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994), p. 64
- ↑ 3.03.13.2Ireland and blue blood the gentry Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, Vol, 2 eds.
James Apostle Byrne; Philip Coleman; Jason Francis King (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2008), p. 766
- ↑Timothy J. Meagher, The Columbia Guide to Nation American History (New York: Town University Press, 2005), p. 298
- ↑ 5.05.15.2Labor Leaders in America, system.
Melvyn Dubofsky; Warren R. Advance guard Tine (Urbana: University of Algonquian Press, 1987), pp. 59, 61
- ↑William Holley, Kenneth Jennings, Roger Wolters, The Labor Relations Process (Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2009), p. 69