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John Fehrenbatch was born around 1844, and moved to Indianapolis in 1861, where he was elected president of the Machinists' and Blacksmiths' Union Number 4. Fehrenbatch helped organize the 1865 Workingmen's Party convention held in Indianapolis and afterward formed Eight-Hour Leagues all over the state. After being elected as the national leader of the Eight-Hour League, he was able to pressure both major political parties to support the eight-hour workday in their 1866 campaign platforms.
Fehrenbatch moved to Cleveland in 1870 after being elected president of the Machinists' and Blacksmiths' International Union. While there, he edited the union's journal and served as president to the Industrial Congress held in 1873. He also served one term in the Ohio state legislature. |
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Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, page 564-65.
Emma Lou Thornbrough, Indiana in the Civil War Era(Indianapolis, 1965) David Montgomery, Beyond Equality: Labor and the Radical Republicans, 1862-1872 (Urbana, IL, 1981). |
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