Morris Hillquit
Politician
1869 – 1933
Who was Morris Hillquit?
Morris Hillquit was a founder and leader of the Socialist Party of America and prominent labor lawyer in New York City's Lower East Side. Together with Eugene V. Debs and Congressman Victor L. Berger, Hillquit was one of the leading public faces of American socialism during the first two decades of the 20th Century.
In November 1917, running on an anti-war platform, Hillquit garnered more than 100,000 votes as the Socialist candidate for Mayor of New York City. Hillquit would again run for Mayor of New York in 1932. He also stood as a candidate for United States Congress a total of five times over the course of his life.
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- Born
- Aug 1, 1869
Riga - Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Oct 1, 1933
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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