James Kirby
Male, Deceased Person
– 1915
Who was James Kirby?
James Kirby was an American labor leader and president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America from 1913 to 1915.
He was a millwright and member of Local 199 in Chicago. He was elected a delegate to the Chicago District Council of the Carpenters' union, and president of the district council several times. In 1905 he was elected president of the Structural Building Trades Alliance. He served until 1908, when the Alliance affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and changed its name to the Building Trades Department. He was elected president of the BTD and served until 1910.
In 1910, Carpenters president William Huber appointed him "general organizer" for the international union. In 1912, he ran for president of the union and won. He served as president until his death.
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