[DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers (1850 - 1924) - AFL-CIO [PAR] Samuel Gompers was the first and longest-serving president of the American ... 
Under his leadership, the AFL became the largest and most influential labor ... It 
grew from a marginal association of 50,000 in 1886 to an established 
organization of ... In the 1880s, Gompers was also instrumental in establishing 
the Federation... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers - Wikipedia [PAR] Samuel Gompers (January 27, 1850  December 13, 1924) was an English-born, 
American labor union leader and a key figure in American labor history. Gompers 
founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as the 
organization's president from 1886 to 1894 ... He also encouraged the AFL to 
take political action to "elect their friends"... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers - United States History [PAR] Samuel Gompers was an early labor leader, first in his own union and later ... As 
its president nearly continuously between 1886 and 1924, Gompers led ... He 
also considered craft unions, with membership drawn from workers doing ... until 
their merger in 1955 to form the AFL-CIO, the largest labor organization in the 
world. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers | American labour leader | Britannica.com [PAR] Gompers's AFL became the model of unionism in the United States, ... the AFL 
was Samuel Gompers, a New York cigar maker, who was its president from 1886 
to ... Kenney also assisted Florence Kelley in her investigation of sweatshops and 
... of the American Federation of Labor, appointed her the federation's first woman
... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers - New Netherland Institute [PAR] Samuel Gompers should probably be considered the greatest labor leader this 
country ... but he was also one of the founders of the American Federation of 
Labor [AFL] in 1886. Following the AFL founding, he also became the AFL's 
president, a function ... These unions were essentially self-help type 
organizations with no... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers Biography - life, family, history, school, old ... [PAR] He founded and served as the first president of the American Federation of Labor
. ... people, Gompers joined many organizations in the immigrant world of New 
York. ... of unions that, in 1886, became the American Federation of Labor (AFL). 
... (Gompers first became known as a speaker and always delivered a speech 
well. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Dec 20, 2013 ... He would remain president of the organization until his death (with the exception 
of ... The AFL eventually became the largest labor federation in the United States. 
... Samuel Gompers sought to transform the economic, social and political ... First, 
he advocated craft or trades unionism, which restricted union... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] He founded and was the first president of the American Federation of Labor. ... 
Gompers joined numerous organizations in the bustling immigrant world of New 
... up in 1881 a loose federation of trade unions which, in 1886, became the AFL. 
... Also valuable are Philip Taft, The A. F. of L. in the Time of Gompers (1957), and
... [DOC] [TLE] American Federation of Labor - Ohio History Central [PAR] In 1881, Samuel Gompers took the lead in organizing the Federation of 
Organized Trades and ... This organization became the American Federation of 
Labor (AFL) in 1886, in Columbus, Ohio. ... Gompers served as the AFL's first 
president. ... The group also originally prohibited women, African Americans, and 
other racial... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers - Ohio History Central [PAR] Samuel Gompers ... Gompers also sought to unite local unions into a national 
organization. ... This organization became the American Federation of Labor (
AFL) in 1886, in Columbus, Ohio. ... Gompers served as the AFL's first president. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Gompers: a half century in labor's front rank - US Bureau of ... [PAR] labor movement, first within the Cigarmakers'. International Union and after 1886 
as president ... Samuel Gompers became the personification of the

Question: Samuel Gompers became the first president of this organization, also known as the AFL, in 1886
Answer: American Federation of Labor