Walter Macarthur
American labor leader
About Walter Macarthur
Lived 1862 – 1944 (aged 81–82).
Walter Macarthur (March 9, 1862 – December 8, 1944) was a Scottish-American labor leader and writer who served nearly twenty years as a United States Shipping Commissioner. He was one of the founders of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, and was the longtime editor of its official organ, the Coast Seamen's Journal. He was involved with the San Francisco Union Labor Party before disavowing it over its corruption, and was a co-founder of the Asiatic Exclusion League. In 1910 he ran for Congress against Julius Kahn.
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Who was Walter Macarthur?
American labor leader
When was Walter Macarthur born?
Walter Macarthur was born in 1862.
When did Walter Macarthur die?
Walter Macarthur died in 1944.
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