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Morris Hillquit (August 1, 1869 – October 8, 1933) was a founder and leader of the Socialist Party of America and prominent labor lawyer in New York City's Lower East Side. Together with Eugene V. Debs and Congressman Victor L. Berger, Hillquit was one of the leading public faces of American socialism during the first two decades of the 20th ...
Morris Hillquit (born Aug. 1, 1869, Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire [now in Latvia]—died Oct. 7, 1933, New York City) was an American Socialist leader and the chief theoretician of the Socialist Party during the first third of the 20th century.
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Aug 8, 2019 · Morris Hillquit was a prominent theoretician of the socialist movement in the United States. His work was burned in the Nazi book burnings of 1933. Learn more.
May 17, 2018 · Encyclopedia of World Biography. Hillquit, Morris. views 2,613,288 updated May 17 2018. HILLQUIT, MORRIS (1869–1933), U.S. socialist. Hillquit was born in Riga, Latvia. He settled in New York City in 1886 and was soon involved in the vigorous radical intellectual life of the Lower East Side.
Nov 23, 2017 · For months, detractors watched in horror as the candidate, Morris Hillquit, galvanized much of the city. In April of that tumultuous year, President Woodrow Wilson had reversed course, and bucked popular opinion, asking Congress for permission to send U.S. troops to fight in the "Great War."
Jun 3, 2019 · Morris Hillquit (1869–1933) was a founder and leader of the Socialist Party of America and prominent labor lawyer in New York City's Lower East Side during the early 20th century. Hillquit is best remembered as a two-time candidate for Mayor of New York. His personal papers (1895-1943) include correspondence, speeches, articles, and lectures.
1869-1933. Biography. Correspondence between Lazarus Abelson and Morris Hillquit, June 22 & 29, 1899. The Task of the Convention, July 28, 1901. The Disintegration of the SLP and the Establishment of the Socialist Party of America, from History of Socialism in the United States, October 1903. Moderation, Comrades!, May 6, 1905.
