On June 16, 1918, Debs made a speech in Canton, Ohio in opposition to World War I and was arrested under the Espionage Act of 1917. He was convicted, sentenced to serve ten years in prison and disenfranchised for life.
Eugene V. Debs was the Socialist candidate for President of the United States in 1912. This was neither the first nor the last time he did this, however; he also ran in 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1920.
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Eugene V. Debs was the Socialist candidate for president who ran in the 1912 election.
In the 1928 US presidential election, Norman Thomas was nominated as the Socialist Party presidential candidate and Verne L. Reynolds was nominated as the Socialist Labor candidate. The main presidential candidates were Republican Herbert Hoover and Democrat Al Smith.
Eugene V. Debs was the candidate in the presidential election of 1912 who ran mostly to widen the audience for Socialist ideas.
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Eugene V. Debs platform was that workers have the right to unionize. He was a Socialist, and ran for President in 1912. He earned 6% of the vote.
Eugene V. Debs platform was that workers have the right to unionize. He was a Socialist, and ran for President in 1912. He earned 6% of the vote.
Eugene V. Debs was born on November 5, 1855.
1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1916.
Eugene V. Debs
The Espionage act forced Eugene V. Debs to run his presidential campaign jail
The web address of the Debs Eugene V Museum is: http://www.eugenevdebs.com
The phone number of the Debs Eugene V Museum is: 812-232-2163.