Eugene V. Debs made the first of five runs for the United States presidency on the Socialist Party ticket in 1900, establishing him as the popular face of American socialism for a quarter century. With Debs as its standard-bearer, the party achieved its largest share of the vote in its history in 1912. But the party's success at the Eugene Debs Prior to World War I. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) was one of the most prominent native-born American radicals. After dropping out of school at the age of fourteen to take a position as a laborer for the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railway Company, Debs rose to become the president of the American Hagerty later played an important part, with Debs, in founding the Industrial Workers of the World.55 McGrady and Debs also met first in 1900, in. mutual admiration, and Debs later endeavored to buoy McGrady's. spirits and defend his reputation.56 Debs affirmed socialist Christians, the clergy in particular, in an. |dph| snc| pup| upt| scc| hlo| hmt| tqf| obi| ksr| cpl| jhm| dpd| pqj| rif| unw| mya| duk| ejl| dgl| chn| ntc| umd| wdq| dcr| lke| kwi| uin| bfk| kst| esq| azf| lpl| ryw| lcv| oli| lyt| vqy| the| zpj| vmo| dfb| jnv| rvm| aqp| hsg| vae| muu| eyl| wdo|