List of General Secretary-Treasurers of the Industrial Workers of the World

The General Secretary-Treasurer is an elected position in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The IWW is a revolutionary labor union based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Based in Chicago, the IWW operates in various countries around the world, including Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and elsewhere. Below is a list of those who held the position as General Secretary-Treasurer from the union's founding in 1905 to present day.[1]

List
William E. Trautmann was the first General Secretary-Treasurer (1905 – 1908)
Vincent St. John held the position from 1909 – 1914)
'Big' Bill Haywood held the position from 1915 until the beginning of his trial on espionage charges. He returned to the position from February 1918 until December of that year.

(1) William E. Trautmann July 1905 – Dec 1908[2]
(2) Vincent St. John Jan 1909 – Dec 1914
(3) William D. Haywood Jan 1915 – Sept 1917
(4) Fred Hardy (acting) Oct 1917 – Feb 1918
(5*) William D. Haywood Feb 1918 – Dec 1918
(6) Peter Stone (acting) Jan – Mar 9, 1919
(7) Thomas Whitehead Mar 10, 1919 – Aug 1920
(8) George Hardy Sept 1920 – July 1921
(9) John Grady July 1921 – Nov 1922
(10) E. W. Latchem (Pro Tem) Dec 1922 – Feb 1923
(11) Jack Gillis March 1 1923 – June 30 1923
(12) Harry G. Clark (Pro Tem) July 1 1923 – Nov 1923
(13) Axel W. Sodling Nov 10 1923 – Nov 17 1923
(14) Sam Forbes (Pro Tem) Nov 24 1923 – Feb 1924
(15) Tom Doyle Mar 1, 1924 – Oct 17, 1924
(16) Ed Fahey (Pro Tem) Oct 18, 1924 – Nov. 16, 1924
(17) P.J. Welinder (Pro Tem) Nov 17, 1924 – Feb 1925
(18) Arthur Coleman Mar 1 1925 – Feb 1926
(19) John I. Turner Mar 1926 – Feb 1927
(20) Lee Tulin Mar 1927 – Feb 1930
(21) James Sullivan Mar 1930 – Feb 1931
(22) Herbert Mahler Mar 1931 – Nov 1932
(23) Joseph Wagner (labor activist) Dec 1932 – Feb 1936
(24) Fred W. Thompson Mar 1936 – Feb 1937
(25) Walter H. Westman Mar 1937 – Dec 1939
(26*) Joseph Wagner Jan 1940 – Dec 1940
(27*) Walter H. Westman Jan 1941 – Dec 1946
(28) W.A. Unger Jan 1947 – Dec 1947
(29) A.J. Farley Jan 1948 – Dec 1948
(30*) Walter H. Westman Jan 1949 – Dec 1964
(31) Carl Keller Jan 1965 – Apr 1969
(32) Allan H. Just May 1969 – Jul 1970
(33) Lionel Bottari Aug 1970 – Dec 1971
(34) Patrick Murfin Jan 1972 – Jul 1972
(35) Goddard C. Graves Jul 1972 – Dec 1972
(36) Michael D. Brown Jan 1973 – Dec 1973
(37) Craig Ledford Jan 1974 – Dec 1975
(38) Kathleen L. Taylor Jan 1976 – Dec 1977[3]
(39) Michael Hargis Jan 1978 – Dec 1980
(40) Carol F. Mason Jan 1981 – Aug 1981
(41) Dan Pless Sep 1981 – Dec 1981
(42) Mary H. Frohman Jan 1982 – Dec 1982
(43) Dave Tucker Jan 1983 – Dec 1983
(44) Jon Bekken Jan 1984 – Aug 1984
(45) Rochelle Semel Sep 1984 – Nov 1984
(46*) Jon Bekken Dec 1984 – Dec 1985
(47) Mark Kaufman Jan 1986 – Dec 1986
(48) Penny Pixler Jan 1987 – Dec 1987
(49) Paul Poulos Jan 1988 – Dec 1988
(50) Jeff Ditz Jan 1989 – Dec 1990
(51) Jess Grant Jan 1991 – Dec 1992
(52) Harry Siitonen Jan 1993 – Dec 1993
(53) Robert Rush Jan 1994 – Dec 1994
(54) Fred Chase Jan 1995 – Dec 1999
(55) Alexis Buss Jan 2000 – Dec 2005
(56) Mark E. Damron Jan 2006 – Dec 2008
(57) Chris Lytle Jan 2009 – Dec 2009
(58) Joe Tessone Jan 2010 – Dec 2011
(59) Samuel Green Jan 2012 – Dec 2013
(60) Monika Vykoukal Jan 2014 – Dec 2014
(61) Randall Jamrok Jan 2015 – Dec 2016
(62) Arella Vargas Jan 2017 – Dec 2017
(63) Travis Erickson Jan 2018 – Dec 2019
(64) J. Cameron Mancini Jan 2020 – Present

References
  1. "General Secretary-Treasurers of the IWW | Industrial Workers of the World". archive.iww.org.
  2. Charles O. Sherman actually held the office of "President" until the 1906 Convention, at which time the office was abolished, and most of the powers of that office were transferred to the General Executive Board rather than the General Secretary-Treasurer.
  3. Kathleen L. Taylor was the first woman to serve as GST of the IWW.
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