Benjamin Gitlow

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human political activist politician socialist

Benjamin Gitlow was an American socialist politician and activist best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court free speech case Gitlow v. New York.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → political activist → politician → socialist →
candidateIn	1924 United States presidential election → 1928 United States presidential election →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
convictedIn	Gitlow v. New York →
convictedOf	criminal anarchy →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1891-12-22 →
dateOfDeath	1965-07-19 →
electedIn	New York State Assembly election, 1917 →
ethnicGroup	Jewish Americans →
familyName	Gitlow →
givenName	Benjamin →
languageSpoken	English → Yiddish →
legalCase	Gitlow v. New York →
memberOf	American Federation of Labor → Communist Party USA → Communist Party of America → Socialist Party of America → Workers Party of America →
movement	American communist movement → American socialist movement → anti-communist movement in the United States →
name	Benjamin Gitlow →
nationality	American →
notableWork	Gitlow v. New York → I Confess: The Truth About American Communism → The Red Decade → The Whole of Their Lives →
occupation	political activist → politician → trade unionist → writer →
officeContested	Vice President of the United States →
placeOfBirth	Elizabeth, New Jersey NERFINISHED → Elizabethport, New Jersey NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Croton-on-Hudson, New York →
politicalIdeology	anti-communism → communism → socialism →
positionHeld	member of the New York State Assembly →
religion	Judaism →
represented	New York County 3rd District →
runningMateOf	William Z. Foster →
sexOrGender	male →
subjectOf	Gitlow v. New York →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Benjamin Gitlow →	fullName
Gitlow v. New York →	hasPetitioner
Benjamin Gitlow →	name