Socialist Labor Party of America

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Socialist Labor Party of America
Emblem of the Socialist Labor Party (UK, 1903) .svg
Party leader N / A
Chairman of the Senate parliamentary group N / A
Chairman of the House of Representatives N / A
founding 1876
Alignment Marxism , De Leonism
Colours) red
House of Representatives
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Website Socialist Labor Party of America

The Socialist Labor Party of America is the oldest socialist political party in the United States . It was founded in 1876. The central office has been closed since 2008 and the party is largely no longer active.

history

The party was founded in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party of America , from 1877 it was called the Socialistic Labor Party until the 1880s. Daniel De Leon quickly became one of the party's leaders and editor of the party's organ The People . Through his leadership, he contributed to the fact that the SLP became a restructured national organization. On the other hand, the SLP was increasingly shaped by communism , so that liberal-moderate party members like Charles Sotheran were excluded from the party because of their views . In 1899 a breakaway faction left the SLP and formed a new movement that in 1901 gave rise to the Socialist Party of America, founded by Eugene V. Debs . In the following period there was a decline in the number of members and the reputation of the SLP.

De Leon's views formed the basis of the De Leonism advocated by the Socialist Labor Party of America . The party regularly ran candidates for public office such as the presidential election, but mostly without great success. In 1976 she was the last candidate for the US presidency. The central office has been closed since 2008.

Candidate for the US presidency

choice Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate be right Number of states
on ballot papers
1888 Independent electors Independent electors 2,068 1 (New York)
1892 Simon Wing Charles H. Matchett 21,173 5
1896 Charles H. Matchett Matthew Maguire 36,359 20th
1900 Joseph F. Maloney Valentine Remmel 40,943 22nd
1904 Charles Hunter Corregan William Wesley Cox 33,454 19th
1908 August Gillhaus Donald L. Munro 14,031 15th
1912 Arthur E. Reimer August Gillhaus 29,324 20th
1916 Caleb Harrison 15,295 17th
1920 William Wesley Cox August Gillhaus 31,084 14th
1924 Frank T. Johns Verne L. Reynolds 28,633 19th
1928 Verne L. Reynolds Jeremiah D. Crowley 21,590 19th
1932 John W. Aiken 34,038 19th
1936 John W. Aiken Emil F. Teichert 12,799 18th
1940 Aaron M. Orange 14,883 14th
1944 Edward A. Teichert Arla A. Albaugh 45.188 15th
1948 Stephen Emery 29,244 22nd
1952 Eric Hass 30,406 23
1956 Georgia Cozzini 44,300 14th
1960 47,522 15th
1964 Henning A. Blomen 45.189 16
1968 Henning A. Blomen George Sam Taylor 52,589 13
1972 Louis Fisher Genevieve Gundersen 53,814 12
1976 Jules Levin Constance Blomen 9,566 10

All election results based on Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections and Vote for presidential and vice presidential candidates of the Socialist Labor Party.

See also

Web links

literature

  • Eric Thomas Chester: True Mission. Socialists and the Labor Party Question in the US Pluto Press UK et al., London et al. 2004, ISBN 0-7453-2214-X .
  • Sean Cronin: The Rise and Fall of the Socialist Labor Party of North America , Saothar, Vol. 3 (1977), pp. 21–33 ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections ( English ) uselectionatlas.org/. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY ( English ) Socialist Labor Party. Retrieved April 5, 2020.