president grover cleveland made labor day a national holiday.
what president made labor day a national holiday?
president grover cleveland
there was disagreement among labor unions at this time about when a holiday celebrating workers should be, with some advocating for continued emphasis of the september march-and-picnic date while others sought the designation of the more politically-charged date of may 1. conservative democratic president grover cleveland was one of those concerned that a labor holiday on may 1 would tend to become a commemoration of the haymarket affair and would strengthen socialist and anarchist movements that backed the may 1 commemoration around the globe. in 1887, he publicly supported the september labor day holiday as a less inflammatory alternative. the date was formally adopted as a united states federal holiday in 1894.
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in 1887 oregon became the first state of the united states to make labor day an official public holiday. by the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty u.s. states officially celebrated labor day. all u.s. states, the district of columbia, and the united states territories have subsequently made labor day a statutory holiday.









































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