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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Eugene_VEugene V. Debs - Wikipedia

    v. t. e. Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. [1]

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Eugene-V-DebsEugene V. Debs | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    May 31, 2024 · Eugene V. Debs was president of the newly established American Railway Union when it won national prominence by conducting a successful strike against the Great Northern Railway Company in April 1894.

  3. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2019/02/18Eugene V. Debs and the Endurance of Socialism | The New Yorker

    Feb 11, 2019 · Eugene V. Debs and the Endurance of Socialism. Half man, half myth, Debs turned a radical creed into a deeply American one. By Jill Lepore. February 11, 2019. Debs ran for President five...

  4. www.mentalfloss.com › article › 622489Eugene V. Debs, the Five-Time Socialist Candidate for President...

    Debs was indeed an imprisoned man—who also happened to be running for President of the United States from his cell. Who was Eugene Debs?

  5. debsfoundation.org › index › landingDebs Biography – The Eugene V. Debs Foundation

    Eugene V. Debs circa 1920. 1916 — Ran for Congress in his home district in Terre Haute on the Socialist ticket and was defeated. June 16, 1918 — Debs made his famous anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio, protesting World War I which was raging in Europe.

  6. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › fiery-socialist-challengedWhen America's Most Prominent Socialist Was Jailed for Speaking...

    Jun 15, 2018 · After winning 6 percent of the vote in the 1912 presidential election, Eugene Debs ran afoul of the nation's new anti-sedition laws.

  7. www.nbcnews.com › news › us-newsMeet Eugene Debs, the 1920 presidential candidate and convict -...

    May 31, 2024 · Before Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic verdict on Thursday, the most well-known convict seeking the Oval Office had been Eugene Debs, a...