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 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 – Dec 2021
  65. Kelsey Tanabe-Walker Jan 2022 – 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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