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.[1] 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.[2] He was involved with the San Francisco Union Labor Party before disavowing it over its corruption,[3] and was a co-founder of the Asiatic Exclusion League.[4] In 1910 he ran for Congress against Julius Kahn.
Walter Macarthur | |
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 Macarthur c. 1917 | |
| United States Shipping Commissioner | |
| In office 1913–1932 | |
| Appointed by | William C. Redfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 9, 1862 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | December 8, 1944 (aged 82) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cypress Lawn Memorial Park |
| Political party | Democratic Union Labor |
| Spouse |
Annabelle Lyle Hunter
(m. 1928) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom United States |
| Branch/service | British Merchant Navy U.S. Merchant Marine |
Works
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edit- ^ "Ex U.S. Port Executive Dies". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco. 9 December 1944. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "Two fine books of sea and its life by a Californian". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento. 19 September 1925. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Bean, Walton (1967). Boss Ruef's San Francisco. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 264.
- ^ 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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