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unusual facts about United States Secretary of Labor



Davis–Bacon Act

The act is named after its sponsors, James J. Davis, a Senator from Pennsylvania and a former Secretary of Labor under three presidents, and Representative Robert L. Bacon of Long Island, New York.

Joseph F. Finnegan

President Eisenhower nominated him in January 1955 to serve as the fourth Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, at the urging of James P. Mitchell, a professional acquaintance who was Eisenhower's choice as United States Secretary of Labor.

W. A. Boyle

But after his murder, Labor Secretary George P. Shultz assigned 230 investigators to the UMWA investigation.


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Herbert B. Warburton

Following his congressional service, Warburton was appointed special assistant to United States Secretary of Labor, James P. Mitchell from 1955 until 1957, general counsel for the Post Office Department from 1957 until 1961, and minority counsel to the U.S. House Government Operations subcommittee, serving there from 1961 to 1964.

Peter Brennan

Peter J. Brennan (1918–1996), United States Secretary of Labor under Presidents Nixon and Ford