What is Terence V. Powderly?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Terence Vincent Powderly | image = Powderly t kol.jpg | order = 5th | office = Mayor of Scranton | term_start = 1878 | term_end = 1884 | predecessor = [[Robert H. McKune]] | successor = [[Francis A. Beamish]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1849|1|22|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Carbondale [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1924|6|24|1849|1|22|mf=yes}} | death_place = Petworth, Washington, D.C., U.S. | spouse = | party = [[Greenback-Labor Party]] | relations = | children = | residence = Scranton, Pennsylvania | alma_mater = | occupation = Leader of the Knights of Labor (1879–1893) | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Terence Vincent Powderly''' (22 January 1849–24 June 1924) was an [[Irish-American]] politician and [[Trade union|labor union]] [[leader]]. He was the first three-term [[mayor]] of [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]]. He had several top government jobs. He is best known as the leader of the [[Knights of Labor]] in the late 1880s. == Career == Terence V. Powderly was born in [[Carbondale, Pennsylvania]] on 22 January 1849.<ref name=Meagher297>Timothy J. Meagher, ''The Columbia Guide to Irish American History'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005), p. 297</ref> His parents, Terence Powderly and Madge Walsh, were [[Irish people|Irish]] [[immigrant]]s.<ref name=Meagher297/> As a young man he worked for the [[Rail transport|railroad]] as a [[:en:wikt:switchman|switchman]]. In 1871, he became a member of the International [[Machinist]]s and [[Blacksmith]]s union. He later became its [[president]]. During the [[Long Depression]] (1873–1879), he didn't have a job. He was [[blacklist]]ed for being a 'union [[:en:wikt:agitator|agitator]]'. In Scranton in 1876, Po