Eugene V. Debs

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Eugene V. Debs was a prominent American labor leader, socialist politician, and five-time presidential candidate who became a key figure in the early U.S. labor movement.

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instanceOf human
labor leader
political activist
socialist politician
trade unionist
burialPlace Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
causeOfDeath heart failure
convictedOf violating the Espionage Act of 1917
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1855-11-05
dateOfDeath 1926-10-20
dateOfReleaseFromPrison 1921-12-25
ethnicOrigin French-American
familyName Debs
fullName Eugene V. Debs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eugene Victor Debs
givenName Eugene
heldPosition co-founder of the Industrial Workers of the World
founder of the American Railway Union
leader of the Socialist Party of America
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Railway Union
Industrial Workers of the World
Socialist Party of America
middleName Victor
movement American labor movement
socialist movement in the United States
notableEvent Pullman Strike
surface form: Pullman Strike of 1894
notableFor 1920 presidential campaign conducted from prison
five-time candidate for President of the United States
founding role in the American Railway Union
founding role in the Industrial Workers of the World
leadership in the early American labor movement
numberOfPresidentialCampaigns 5
occupation labor organizer
orator
politician
writer
placeOfBirth Terre Haute, Indiana
surface form: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
placeOfDeath Elmhurst, Illinois
surface form: Elmhurst, Illinois, United States
placeOfImprisonment Atlanta U.S. Penitentiary
surface form: Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
politicalIdeology democratic socialism
socialism
ranForOffice President of the United States
reasonForConviction opposition to U.S. involvement in World War I
receivedPardonFrom Warren G. Harding
roleInEvent leader of the American Railway Union during the Pullman Strike
yearOfPresidentialCampaign 1900
1904
1908
1912
1920

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George Pullman contemporaryOf Eugene V. Debs
Debs v. United States defendantStatus Eugene V. Debs
this entity surface form: Eugene V. Debs was a socialist leader
Debs v. United States defendantStatus Eugene V. Debs
this entity surface form: Eugene V. Debs was a prominent labor organizer
Eugene V. Debs fullName Eugene V. Debs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eugene Victor Debs
subject surface form: In re Debs
American Railway Union keyPerson Eugene V. Debs
Pullman Strike keyPerson Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union leader Eugene V. Debs
Sedition Act of 1918 notableDefendant Eugene V. Debs
Pullman Strike organizedBy Eugene V. Debs
Debs v. United States plaintiff Eugene V. Debs
American Railway Union president Eugene V. Debs
subject surface form: In re Debs