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  1. 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] Through his presidential candidacies as ...

  2. Jun 1, 2024 · Eugene V. Debs (born November 5, 1855, Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.—died October 20, 1926, Elmhurst, Illinois) was a labour organizer and Socialist Party candidate for U.S. president five times between 1900 and 1920. (Read George Bernard Shaw’s 1926 Britannica essay on socialism.) Debs left home at age 14 to work in the railroad shops and ...

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  3. Learn about the life and achievements of Eugene V. Debs, a prominent labor leader and socialist who ran for president five times. Explore his timeline, from his early days as a railroad worker to his imprisonment and legacy.

  4. May 31, 2024 · Over a century ago, Eugene Debs ran from his prison cell. Debs, a socialist and labor activist, secured nearly 1 million votes while behind bars for running afoul of the Sedition Act of 1918.

  5. Feb 11, 2019 · Eugene Victor Debs left school at the age of fourteen, to scrape paint and grease off the cars of the Vandalia Railroad, in Indiana, for fifty cents a day. He got a raise when he was promoted to ...

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  6. Jun 15, 2018 · Learn how Eugene Debs, a prominent socialist and four-time presidential candidate, was imprisoned for opposing World War I in 1918. Explore his life, legacy and the context of the Espionage Act and the Sedition Act.

  7. Jun 22, 2020 · Learn about Eugene Debs, a union leader and politician who ran for president five times from 1900 to 1920, and who was jailed for opposing World War I. Find out how he became a socialist, organized the Pullman Strikes, and campaigned from prison.

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