Debs, Eugene V., House - Terre Haute IN
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Quick Description: The Eugene V. Debs House, on the campus of Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, was a home of union leader Eugene V. Debs. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 8/31/2009 2:52:43 AM
Waymark Code: WM749W
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Long Description:Eugene V. Debs and his wife, Kate, built the two-story frame house
in 1890, after their fifth wedding anniversary. Debs was criticized
for the house not portraying working-class lifestyle; his wife was
a beneficiary of her wealthy aunt's will and could furnish the
house affluently. Visitors to Debs' house during his lifetime
included friends James Whitcomb Riley and Carl Sandburg; one room
in the house to this day is known as the Riley bedroom. When Debs
died in 1926, a funeral sermon was given for him at the house, to
which 5000 people attended the service.
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Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an
American union leader, one of the founding members of the
International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World
(IWW), as well as candidate for President of the United States as a
member of the Social Democratic Party in 1900, and later as a
member of the Socialist Party of America in 1904, 1908, 1912, and
1920. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with
labor movements, Debs would eventually become one of the best-known
socialists in the United States.
In the early part of his political career, Debs was a member of
the Democratic Party of the United States. It was during this time
that he was elected as a member of the Indiana General Assembly,
which signaled the beginning of his career as a politician. After
working with several smaller unions including the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, Debs was instrumental in the founding of the
American Railway Union, the nation's first industrial union. As a
member of the ARU, Debs was involved and later imprisoned for his
part in the famed Pullman Strike, when workers struck the Pullman
Palace Car Company over a pay cut. The effects of the strike
resulted in President Grover Cleveland calling in members of the
United States Army into Chicago, Illinois, which led to Debs'
arrest and imprisonment.
Debs' political views turned to socialism after he read the
works of Karl Marx. He grew to be one of the most influential
Socialists, the reputation helping him to garner five nominations
for president. During the latter part of his life, Debs was
imprisoned once more after being arrested and convicted under the
Espionage Act of 1917 during the First Red Scare for speaking
against American involvement in World War I. He was later pardoned
by President Warren G. Harding, and died not long after being
admitted to a sanitarium.
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