the most well-known convict seeking the Oval Office had been Eugene Debs, a socialist who conducted his presidential campaign behind bars in 1920. A fiery labor activist, Debs had established ...

Eugene V. Debs, 5 times Socialist candidate for President, set free from prison on Christmas Day. 1921. Courtesy: Library of Congress Outspoken leader of the labor movement, Eugene Debs opposed ...

former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be. But even if it involves time behind bars, that doesn't mean his campaign to ...

Frank | Los Angeles Eugene V. Debs was in an Atlanta penitentiary ... His fifth and final run, promoted with a campaign button that read “For President Convict No. 9653,” brought him nearly ...

Eugene V. Debs, the voice of the Socialist Party a century ago, and his connection with Canton are back in the national spotlight. Debs was the first man to run for U.S. president while in prison.

Explore Debs' story, from his early years in Terre Haute, Indiana, to the nationwide Pullman Strike in 1894, to his five runs for President of the United States. The Revolutionist: Eugene V.

Eugene V. Debs Hall is a non-profit social organization dedicated to honoring five-time Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs and Buffalo and U.S. labor movement history.

After President Grover Cleveland sent the Army ... The conviction and imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs was the symbol of our war madness. His imprisonment may have been necessary to silence a ...