Debs

Submitted by sfr on Fri, 2013-11-29 10:14
Text: 
Flags in the Dust
Character Key: 
Eugene Debs
Display Name: 
Debs
Sort Name: 
Debs, Eugene V.
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Restaurant in Flags in the Dust (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Monday, November 5, 1855
Origin: 
Indiana
Biography: 

Rodgers tells Bayard and MacCallum that "a man like Debs" would be a better President than Woodrow Wilson (122). A labor organizer, Eugene Debs was the Socialist Party of America's candidate for President in 1904, 1908, 1912 and 1920. In that last election he received over 900,000 votes.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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