William Taft joins Woodrow Wilson on his inauguration day. You can read about the Organic Act here: http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/organact.htm - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
After much opposition, President William Howard Taft signs the Organic Act creating the U.S. Department of Labor. Signed during Taft's last hours in office, it is followed shortly thereafter by President Woodrow Wilson's appointment of William B. Wilson (no relation) as the first secretary of labor.
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