Texas BCTC History
The Texas State Building & Construction Trades Council
was issued its first charter by the Building and
Construction Department of the American Federation of Labor
on March 12, 1941. The charter was signed by the Building
Trades Officers, President John P. Coyne and
Secretary/Treasurer Herbert Rivers.
Our original charter members were:
Paul Biels, Clifton Brignac, W.W. Finch, B.A. Gritta, Sam R.
Huber, Roy B. James, Thomas R. Jones, John A. Luttrell, A.S.
McBride, J.W. Park, Thomas B. Reed,
E.A. Smith, John Sorenson, W.E. Wilcox, J.E. Wood and
Charles Youngkins
On January 3, 1961 a new charter was re-issued due to the
merger in 1955 of the American Federation of Labor and the
Congress of Industrial Organizations into the now known
National American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). The re-issued charter
was signed by the Building Trades Officers, President C.J.
Haggerty and Secretary/Treasurer Frank Bonadio.
The re-issued charter members in 1961 were: R.F. Arthur,
Charlie M. Benson,
H.S. Brown, John F. Clark, L.E Dilley, M.A. Graham, Roy
Hughes, Sam Huber,
John B. Kirton, G.A McNeil, F.F. Nakovic, C.N. Renfro, Lee
Scallorn, L.C. Threadgill, J.H. Villarreal and Herman
Whatley.
Listed below are the past and present Presidents and
Secretary/Treasurers of the Texas State Building &
Construction Trades Council 1941 ~ Present:
| Presidents: |
Secretary/Treasurers: |
| A.S. McBride 1941~1957 |
Harold Johnson 1941 ~ 1957 |
| O. Dale Seastrunk 1959 ~ 1960 |
Johnny Flowers 1957 ~ 1959 |
| Jack A. Martin 1961 ~ 1963 |
Hank S. Brown 1959 ~ 1960 |
| A.B. McGinty 1963 ~ 1967 |
Leslie G. Burnett 1961 ~ 1965 |
| Charles Ehrhardt 1967 ~ 1970 |
Gerald R. Brown 1965 ~ 1977 |
| J.A. McMahon, Jr. 1970 ~ 1977 |
Jackie St. Clair 1977 ~ 1989 |
| O.Dale Seastrunk 1977 ~ 1983 |
Gale Van Hoy 1989 ~ 2000 |
| R. Harold White 1983 ~ 1985 |
Danny O.Tilley 2001 ~ 2005 |
| Gale Van Hoy 1985 ~ 1989 |
Michael W. Cunningham 2005 ~
Present |
| Robert Cantrell 1989
~ 2001 |
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| Roy Ruston 2001 ~ 2002 |
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| Jack Pennington 2002 ~ 2005 |
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| Kenneth Edwards 2005 ~ Present |
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