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The Labor Department Act, also called the Borah Act, was sponsored by Sen. William E. Borah (R) of Idaho. It was approved on March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 736).[1]
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This was the final bill signed by President William Howard Taft, separating the bureaus and agencies specialized in labor from the Department of Commerce and Labor. Its 1st Secretary was Rep. William B. Wilson (D) of Pennsylvania. As a trade Unionist, Wilson resigned from Congress to accept the position which he held until 1921.[2]
The Department of Labor included:
Congress forgot to grant the new Department of Labor a budget or Rep. Wilson a salary.
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