Arthur Henderson
British politician (1863-1935) · United Kingdom · Politicians · Died at 72
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Something wrong?He won the Nobel Peace Prize, led Britain's Labour Party in three separate decades, and entered Parliament through five different by-elections - yet the unions he hoped to unite kept blocking him at every turn.
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(De g. à d.) Herriot,Theunis, Thomas, Henderson, Mac Donald à bord de l'Enchantress, suivant la revue navale de Spithead (26 juillet 1924) - btv1b531337255_Thomas%2C_Ramsay_MacDonald_(John_Robert)_Clynes%2C_Arthur_Henderson_-_btv1b53124440n.jpg?width=1200)
(De g. à d., James Henry) Thomas, Ramsay MacDonald (John Robert) Clynes, Arthur Henderson - btv1b53124440n_Stimson%2C_Henderson_(CN)_-_btv1b53227367j.jpg?width=1200)
(De gauche à droite) Stimson, Henderson (CN) - btv1b53227367j_Henderson%2C_Brace%2C_Adamson%2C_Hartshorn%2C_Thomas_-_btv1b53052327j.jpg?width=1200)
(De gauche à droite, les parlementaires travaillistes) Henderson, Brace, Adamson, Hartshorn, Thomas - btv1b53052327j
10-9-30, SDN à Genève, M. et Mme Henderson - btv1b53235517v_MM._Henderson%2C_lord_Tyrrell%2C_Osusky_-_btv1b53238449n.jpg?width=1200)
14-1-31, départ de M. Henderson pour Genève (de g. à d.) MM. Henderson, lord Tyrrell, Osusky - btv1b53238449n_lord_Tyrrell%2C_Henderson%2C_Olivier_-_btv1b53247898r.jpg?width=1200)
14-7-31, arrivée de M. Henderson à Paris (gare du Nord, de g. à d.) lord Tyrrell, Henderson, Olivier - btv1b53247898rAwards
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Arthur Henderson began as an iron moulder before entering politics, where he became the first Labour cabinet minister in British history. His colleagues called him "Uncle Arthur" for his integrity and unshakeable calm, and he led the Labour Party across three different decades - a feat no one else managed. He won five by-elections in five different constituencies, each time securing a new parliamentary seat. Early on his policies ran close to the Liberals', favoring arbitration and conciliation over confrontation. The trade unions resisted that approach and repeatedly blocked his attempts to unify Labour and the unions under one banner. In 1934, a year before his death at seventy-two, he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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