International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers



The History of IBEW


Conventions of the Brotherhood

  1. St. Louis, Missouri Nov. 1891
  2. Chicago, Illinois Nov. 1892
  3. Cleveland, Ohio Nov. 1893
  4. Washington, D.C. Nov. 1895
  5. Detroit, Michigan Nov. 1897
  6. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Oct. 1899
  7. St. Louis, Missouri Oct. 1901
  8. Salt Lake City, Utah Sept. 1903
  9. Louisville, Kentucky Sept. 1905
  10. Chicago, Illinois Sept. and Oct. 1909
  11. Rochester, New York Sept. 1911
  12. Boston, Massachusetts Sept. 1913
  13. St. Paul, Minnesota Sept. and Oct. 1915
  14. Atlantic City, New Jersey Sept. 1917
  15. New Orleans, Louisiana Sept. 1919
  16. St. Louis, Missouri Sept. and Oct. 1921
  17. Montreal, Quebec Aug. 1923 Secretaries
  18. Seattle, Washington Aug. 1925
  19. Detroit, Michigan Aug. 1927
  20. Miami, Florida Sept. 1929
  21. St. Louis, Missouri Oct. 1941
  22. San Francisco, California Sept. 1946
  23. Atlantic City, New Jersey Sept. 1948
  24. Miami, Florida Oct. 1950
  25. Chicago, Illinois Aug. and Sept. 1954
  26. Cleveland, Ohio Sept. and Oct. 1958
  27. Montreal, Quebec Sept. 1962
  28. St. Louis, Missouri Sept. 1966
  29. Seattle, Washington Sept. and Oct. 1970
  30. Kansas City, Missouri Sept. 1974
  31. Atlantic City, New Jersey Oct. 1978
  32. Los Angeles, California Sept. 1982
  33. Toronto, Ontario Sept. 1986
  34. St. Louis, Missouri Oct. 1991
  35. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sept. 1996
  36. San Fransisco, California Sept. 2001