Eugene V. Debs, the voice of the Socialist Party a century ago, and his connection with Canton are back in the national spotlight. Debs was the first man to run for U.S. president while in prison.

1921. Courtesy: Library of Congress Outspoken leader of the labor movement, Eugene Debs opposed Woodrow Wilson as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1912 Presidential Election. Later ...

That piece of history belongs to Eugene V. Debs, who ran on the Socialist Party ticket in 1920 — and garnered almost a million votes, or about 3 percent. The circumstances are obviously different.

The historic story of Eugene Victor Debs, an American Socialist leader and union organizer during the Progressive era, 1900 to 192, who ran for US President on the Socialist Party ticket (SPA ...