Robert Calvin Macauley

Robert Calvin Macauley (born February 2, 1840 died November 13 1911) was an Irish-born American labor unionist.

Biography Born in County Antrim, Macauley emigrated with his family to the United States when he was nine years old. He settled in Philadelphia, and two years later he began an apprenticeship as a tailor. He soon left his first placement due to the tailor's excessive alcohol use, but trained with several other tailors, then set up his own business when he was 21.

In 1865, Macauley joined the Brotherhood of the Union, a pro-worker secret society founded by George Lippard, later joining the Knights of Pythias. The following year, he began working as a foreman in a factory, and joined the Garment Cutters' Association. He became its secretary in 1867, and held the post until the union was dissolved.

Macauley's son, also Robert C. Macauley, became prominent in the Single Tax Party, and was its candidate in the 1920 United States presidential election.