By the time he was imprisoned for sedition, Eugene Victor Debs had enjoyed a lifetime ... the Socialist Party unanimously nominated “Convict 2253” as its standard bearer for the presidency. Debs was ...

By the time he was imprisoned for sedition, Eugene Victor Debs had ... Party unanimously nominated “Convict 2253” as its standard bearer for the presidency. Debs was later given new digits ...

By the time he was imprisoned for sedition, Eugene Victor Debs had ... Party unanimously nominated “Convict 2253” as its standard-bearer for the presidency. Debs was later given new digits ...

Before Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic verdict on Thursday, the most well-known convict seeking the Oval Office had been Eugene Debs ...

In fact, there’s even a historical precedent of a felon running for the Oval Office from prison: Eugene V ... to nominate “Convict 2253.” When the number assigned to Debs changed, a new ...

Eugene V. Debs did not speak on election night ... Outside the lockup, his supporters handed out photos of Debs in convict denim along with campaign buttons for “Prisoner 9653.” ...

That search has, of late, led a number of publications to the century-old circumstance of labor leader and five-time Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene Victor Debs. This week ...

That piece of history belongs to Eugene ... While Debs obviously could not travel around the country himself, his party turned his status into a rallying point, using his convict number on ...

The experience of Debs is a reminder that being behind bars isn’t a barrier to running for office, and incarceration need not stop the outreach necessary to keep one’s campaign afloat.

It arrives in seconds FILE - This is an undated portrait of socialist Eugene Debs. Following his unprecedented ... into a rallying point, using his convict number on campaign buttons.