Eugene Dennis

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Eugene Dennis was an American communist leader and General Secretary of the Communist Party USA who became widely known as a defendant in the landmark Cold War-era Supreme Court case Dennis v. United States.

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instanceOf American communist
human
political activist
politician
activeInPeriod Cold War NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Eugene Dennis NERFINISHED
Francis Xavier Dennis NERFINISHED
associatedWith American labor movement
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath lung cancer
convictedOf conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government under the Smith Act
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1905-08-10
dateOfDeath 1961-01-31
era 20th century
ethnicBackground Irish American
fullName Francis Xavier Waldron NERFINISHED
gender male
ideology anti-capitalism
pro-Soviet communism
imprisonedFor violations of the Smith Act
languageSpoken English
legalCase Dennis v. United States NERFINISHED
legalIssue Smith Act prosecutions NERFINISHED
memberOf Communist Party USA NERFINISHED
movement American communist movement
notableEvent defendant in Dennis v. United States
notableFor being a defendant in a landmark Cold War-era Supreme Court case
leadership of the Communist Party USA
notableWork Dennis v. United States NERFINISHED
occupation party official
trade union organizer
placeOfBirth Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
politicalAlignment Marxism–Leninism NERFINISHED
communism
positionHeld General Secretary of the Communist Party USA NERFINISHED
precededBy Earl Browder NERFINISHED
religion atheism
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
servedAs General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1959
spouse Pearl Dennis NERFINISHED
succeededBy Gus Hall NERFINISHED

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Dennis v. United States petitioner Eugene Dennis