International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

The Painters was one of three unions (SEIU and AFSCME were the others) to endorse Howard Dean during the 2004 Democratic primaries. In a surprise move in 2008, IUPAT endorsed Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. The union had endorsed Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries, and endorsed Barack Obama for president in June 2008. They endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic Presidential Primary. ==Leadership==

Presidents :1887: Joseph Harrold :1888: George A. Thompson :1892: Joseph W. McKinney :1894: John M. Welter :1894: James H. Sullivan :1896: Michael P. Carrick :1897: Robert H. Siekmann :1898: Frederick J. Kneeland :1899: William DeVaux :1901: Joseph C. Balhorn :1909: George F. Hendrick :1928: John M. Finan :1929: Lawrence P. Lindelof :1951: Lawrence M. Raftery :1965: Bud Raftery :1984: William A. Duval :1992: A. L. Monroe :1998: Michael E. Monroe :2003: James A. Williams Sr. :2013: Ken Rigmaiden :2021: James A. Williams Jr. Secretary-Treasurers :1887: John T. Elliot :1896: Joseph W. McKinney :1897: John Barrett :1899: W. C. Rese :1899: Frank Hognan :1900: W. T. Cornelly :1901: Michael P. Carrick :1904: Joseph C. Skemp :1922: Charles J. Lammert :1927: Clarence E. Swick :1942: Lawrence M. Raftery :1952: William H. Rohrberg :1966: O. T. Satre :1972: Michael DiSilvestro :1976: Robert Petersdorf :1987: A. L. Monroe :1991: William Neal Sledge :1992: Walter G. Raftery :1995: James A. Williams Sr. :2003: George Galis :2021: Greg Smith ==See also==

• International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada, Local 201 Records, 1900-1982. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Local 201 Records). ==External links==