Eugene V. Debs

Eugene V. Debs was a United States Senator from the state of Indianna. He was a leader of the Socialist Party. Usually a radical, and an opponent of the US nationalistic ideology of remembrance, Debs voted to support President Theodore Roosevelt's wartime budget when the Great War began in 1914.

Debs ran against Roosevelt in both the 1912 and 1916 elections and was handily defeated both times. In 1920, the Socialists declined to send Debs against Roosevelt for a third time when, sensing Roosevelt's vulnerability, they ran the much more electable Upton Sinclair.