ABSTRACT
Henderson may not have ranked among the great charismatic leaders of the Labour Party, such as Keir Hardie and Ramsay MacDonald, but the Labour Party owed much of its organizational development to his skills. Committed to maintaining Party unity, Henderson fused the trade unions and the Labour Party together in a bond that was essential to the success of both. By the 1920s he was one of Labour’s great leaders and had also projected himself onto the international stage where he became a determined advocate of disarmament and supporter of the League of Nations. In the end, he shaped greatly Labour Party policies both at home and abroad.
