Walter Macarthur

Walter Macarthur
Macarthur c. 1910
United States Shipping Commissioner
In office
1913–1932
Appointed byWilliam C. Redfield
Personal details
Born(1862-03-09)March 9, 1862
Glasgow, Scotland
DiedDecember 8, 1944(1944-12-08) (aged 82)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Resting placeCypress Lawn Memorial Park
PartyDemocratic
Union Labor
Spouse
Annabelle Lyle Hunter
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(m. 1928)​
Occupation
  • Labor leader
  • writer
  • shipping commissioner
Known for
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
United States United States
Branch/serviceBritish Merchant Navy
U.S. Merchant Marine

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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References

  1. ↑ "Ex U.S. Port Executive Dies". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco. December 9, 1944. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Two fine books of sea and its life by a Californian". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento. September 19, 1925. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ Bean, Walton (1952). Boss Ruef's San Francisco. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 264.
  4. ↑ Buell, Raymond Leslie. [1922] 1992. "The Development of the Anti-Japanese Agitation in the United States." Political Science Quarterly 37(4):605-38. doi:10.2307/2142459. JSTOR 2142459.

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