| Birth: | Nov. 5, 1855 | | Death: | Oct. 20, 1926 | 
Socialist Presidential Candidate, Political Figure. He ran for the office of President of the United States five times as a Socialist (1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920), and was serving a sentence in an Atlanta prison when he ran the last time. He was convicted of espionage for a speech he made at Canton, Ohio on June 16th, 1918 against the United States participating in the World War. He had recieved over a million votes in that election. After the winner of that race, Warren G. Harding, took the office of the President of the United States, he pardoned Debs, who was released on December 25th, 1921. The last four years of his life were devoted to reform of U.S. prisons. When he died he was buried in the cemetery where the family plot was, but the family kept the location of his grave a secret. His wife was afraid of grave robbers stealing her husbands body.
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Parents:
Jean Daniel Debs (1820 - 1906)
Marguerite B Debs (1828 - 1906)
Spouse:
Kate Metzel Debs (1867 - 1936)
Search Amazon for Eugene Debs | | | Burial:
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Indiana, USA
Plot: Section 3 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 268 |
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The world needs more folks like you today, Mr. Debs.
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Anna Rees
Added: May. 14, 2013 |
I finally read Ray Ginger's THE BENDING CROSS about your life and career. Despite your prison term and your not being President (you really did not like running for offices), I think you were a success. Certainly you really tried hard to make us underst...(Read more)
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J.B.
Added: May. 1, 2013 |
A friend of mankind.
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Kevin James Morgan
Added: Mar. 5, 2013 |
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