title: Henry Nelson Pope
text: # Henry Nelson Pope
  
  Henry Nelson Pope (April 23, 1859 - June 13, 1956) was president of the Texas Farmers Union and president of the Association of State Presidents of the Farmers' Education and Cooperative Union of America, and president of the American Federation of Organized Producers and Consumers.
  
  ## Biography
  
  He was born on April 23, 1859, in Mountainburg, Arkansas to John H. Pope and Arena Edwards. He married Sarah Jane Cope around 1878. In 1916 he testified before the United States Congress opposing the eight-hour workday for interstate railroads that was imposed by the Adamson Act.
  
  His wife died in 1950. He died on June 13, 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas.
  
  