William Mahoney
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In his long and active life, Mahoney was President of the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly and editor of the St Paul Union Advocate, newspaper and the prime mover of the organization of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor party.
Date: Approximately 1932
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
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William Mahoney
Before there was the “DFL” there was the “FL.” The Minnesota Farmer-Labor party existed as an independent party of workers and farmers from 1918 to 1944, essentially from World War I to World War II. The core of its support was the trade union…