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.

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Benjamin Gitlow canonical 10

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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 Marie Gitlow ⓘ
surface form: Gitlow
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
legalCase Gitlow v. New York ⓘ
memberOf American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Communist Party USA ⓘ
Communist Party USA ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Elizabethport, New Jersey ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Gitlow v. New York → hasPetitioner → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
Gitlow was a socialist political activist → fullName → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
subject surface form: Benjamin Gitlow
Benjamin Gitlow → name → Benjamin Gitlow self-link ⓘ
New York State Assembly election, 1917 → significantParticipant → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
New York County 10th District → representedBy → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
I Confess: The Truth About American Communism → author → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
The Whole of Their Lives → author → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
The Whole of Their Lives → mainSubject → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
The Red Decade → author → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
Marie Gitlow → spouse → Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ