United Mine Workers - List of UMWA Presidents

List of UMWA Presidents

  • John B. Rae - 1890-1892 (founding president)
  • John McBride - 1892-1895
  • Phil Penna - 1895-1896
  • Michael Ratchford - 1897-1898
  • John Mitchell - 1898-1907
  • Thomas Lewis - 1908-1910
  • John White - 1911-1917
  • Frank Hayes - 1917-1920
  • John L. Lewis - 1920-1960
  • Thomas Kennedy - 1960-1963
  • W. A. "Tony" Boyle - 1963-1972
  • Arnold Miller - 1972-1979
  • Sam Church - 1979-1982
  • Richard Trumka - 1982-1995
  • Cecil Roberts - 1995–present

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