Arthur Henderson

The Right Honourable Arthur Henderson
Henderson circa 1910-15
Leader of the Opposition
In office 1 September 1931 – 25 October 1932
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Stanley Baldwin
Succeeded by	George Lansbury
Leader of the Labour Party
In office 28 August 1931 – 25 October 1932
Deputy	John Robert Clynes
Preceded by	Ramsay MacDonald
Succeeded by	George Lansbury
In office 5 August 1914 – 24 October 1917
Chief Whip	Frank Goldstone George Henry Roberts
Preceded by	Ramsay MacDonald
Succeeded by	William Adamson
In office 22 January 1908 – 14 February 1910
Chief Whip	George Henry Roberts
Preceded by	Keir Hardie
Succeeded by	George Barnes
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 June 1929 – 24 August 1931
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Austen Chamberlain
Succeeded by	The Marquess of Reading
Chief Whip of the Labour Party
In office 1925–1927
Leader	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	Ben Spoor
Succeeded by	Tom Kennedy
In office 1920–1924
Leader	John Robert Clynes Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	William Tyson Wilson
Succeeded by	Ben Spoor
In office 1914–1914
Leader	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	George Henry Roberts
Succeeded by	Frank Walter Goldstone
In office 8 February 1906 – 1907
Preceded by	David Shackleton
Succeeded by	George Henry Roberts
Home Secretary
In office 23 January 1924 – 4 November 1924
Prime Minister	Ramsay MacDonald
Preceded by	William Bridgeman
Succeeded by	Sir William Joynson-Hicks
Minister without Portfolio
In office 10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	The Marquess of Lansdowne
Succeeded by	George Nicoll Barnes
Paymaster General
In office 18 August 1916 – 10 December 1916
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Thomas Legh
Succeeded by	Joseph Compton-Rickett
President of the Board of Education
In office 25 May 1915 – 18 August 1916
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Jack Pease
Succeeded by	Robert Crewe-Milnes
Parliamentary offices Member of Parliament for Clay Cross In office 1 September 1933 – 20 October 1935 Preceded by Charles Duncan Succeeded by Alfred Holland Member of Parliament for Burnley In office 28 February 1924 – 7 October 1931 Preceded by Dan Irving Succeeded by Gordon Campbell Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne East In office 17 January 1923 – 16 November 1923 Preceded by Joseph Nicholas Bell Succeeded by Sir Robert Aske Member of Parliament for Widnes In office 30 August 1919 – 26 October 1922 Preceded by William Hall Walker Succeeded by George Christopher Clayton Member of Parliament for Barnard Castle In office 30 August 1903 – 25 November 1918 Preceded by Sir Joseph Pease Succeeded by John Edmund Swan
Personal details
Born	13 September 1863 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	20 October 1935(1935-10-20) (aged 72) London, England
Political party	Labour

Arthur Henderson (13 September 1863 – 20 October 1935) was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the first Labour cabinet minister, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1934 and, uniquely, served three separate terms as Leader of the Labour Party in three different decades. He was popular among his colleagues, who called him "Uncle Arthur" in acknowledgement of his integrity, his devotion to the cause and his imperturbability. He was a transitional figure whose policies were, at first, close to those of the Liberal Party. The trades unions rejected his emphasis on arbitration and conciliation, and thwarted his goal of unifying the Labour Party and the trade unions.