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Samuel Gompers and the AFL's rise to power
A biographical sketch of Samuel Gompers, born 1850 in London, who moved to America at 13, learned cigar making, and led the American Federation of Labor from 1886 to 1924 with steady influence across presidents, culminating in his revered Gompers Square dedication in Washington.
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American Federation of Labor
Samuel ‘Gomp~ Ers
Wiliam McHintey
Calvin Coolidge
AFL
Truman
Gompers
William Green
el Pago
United States
Samuel Gampers
Sir Gompers
London
East Side
America
Samuel
New York City
Federation of Trade Unions