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.
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Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs was not the candidate for the Democratic Party in 1912; he was actually the candidate for the Socialist Party. Debs, a prominent labor leader and socialist activist, ran for president in that election, advocating for workers' rights and social reforms. The Democratic candidate in 1912 was Woodrow Wilson, who ultimately won the election. Debs received nearly a million votes, highlighting the growing interest in socialist ideas during that era.
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