Eugene V. Debs (Pax Britannica)
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Eugene Victor Debs | |
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 Official Portrait of President Debs (April 1907) | |
| 1st President of the Socialist Commonwealth of America | |
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In office 13 February 1906 – 20 October 1926 | |
| Vice President |
Robert Todd Lincoln (1906 – 1911) Emil Seidel (1911 – 1916) Robert Todd Lincoln (1916 – 1918) William Jennings Bryan (1918 – 1921) Norman Thomas (1921 – 1926) |
| Preceded by | Office Established |
| Succeeded by | Norman Thomas |
| General-Chairman of the Communist-Republican Party of America | |
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In office 29 July 1893 – 20 October 1926 | |
| Preceded by | Abraham Lincoln (1883) |
| Succeeded by | Norman Thomas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1855 |
| Died | 20 October 1926 |
| Political party | Communist-Republican |
| Ideology | Marxism-Lincolnism |
| Nickname(s) | Gene Debs |
Eugene Victor Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, writer/author, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and statesman who served as the first President of America from 1906 up until his death in the year 1926.