1871 - 1945
John R. Lawson Labor Leader
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| Birthday |
5th March, 1871
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| Died |
12th May, 1945
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Occupation |
Labor Leader
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John Rankin Lawson (March 5, 1871 – May 12, 1945) was a Colorado union leader and businessman. He was the leader of District 15 of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) at the time of the Colorado Coalfield War and the Ludlow Massacre. He was convicted on May 3, 1915, of the murder of a deputy sheriff who died at Ludlow during the massacre at a trial held in Trinidad, Colorado and sentenced to life at hard labor, but freed on appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court in June 1917. He served as president of the Colorado Federation of Labor and on the International Executive Board of the United Mine Workers. He was a vice-president and director of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company (CF&I).
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