| LC control no. | n 2004115597 |
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| Personal name heading | Tobin, Daniel Joseph, 1875-1955 |
| Special note | Old catalog heading: Tobin, Daniel Joseph, 1875- |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for the Records of the American Federation of Labor, 1883-1925 (Daniel Joseph Tobin; correspondent) Biographical dict. of American labor, 1984: p. 551-52 (Tobin, Daniel Joseph; b. in Co. Clare, Ireland in Apr. 1875; emigrated to U.S. in 1890; worked in Boston, Mass. sheet metal factory, but continued his educ. at nightschool in Cambridge, Mass.; driver for Boston street railway co. in 1894; became truck driver for meatpacking firm and joined International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffers, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America (IBT); elected business rep. for IBT in 1904 and general president from 1907 to 1952; American Federation of Labor (AFL) treasurer from 1917 to 1928; AFL vice-president and exec. council member from 1933 to 1952; admin. asst. to Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940; Democrat and chmn. of labor division of DNC in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944; editor of Teamsters magazine from 1908 to 1952; d. in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 14, 1955) |
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