Terence V. Powderly
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Terence V. Powderly was a prominent 19th-century American labor leader and politician best known for heading the Knights of Labor during its peak influence in the labor movement.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Terence V. Powderly canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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labor leader ⓘ politician ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| advocated |
abolition of child labor
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cooperative enterprises ⓘ eight-hour workday ⓘ graduated income tax ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President William McKinley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1849-01-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1924-06-24 ⓘ |
| employer |
United States Bureau of Immigration
NERFINISHED
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United States Department of Labor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
1884
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1893 ⓘ 1902 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Powderly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Terence Vincent Powderly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Terence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | development of inclusive, industrial unionism in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor | leadership of the Knights of Labor ⓘ |
| memberOf | Knights of Labor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | American labor movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | led Knights of Labor during their peak in the mid-1880s ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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labor leader ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| opposed | use of strikes as a primary tactic ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| placeOfWork | Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Greenback Party
NERFINISHED
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Republican Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor
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Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania ⓘ U.S. Commissioner General of Immigration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| startTime |
1878
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1879 ⓘ 1897 ⓘ |
| supported |
admission of Black workers into labor organizations
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admission of women into labor organizations ⓘ |
| wrote | Thirty Years of Labor, 1859–1889 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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