Overview

• Eugene Debs ran for president in 1920 while serving a prison sentence for anti-war activism under the Sedition Act.
• Debs' campaign garnered nearly a million votes despite his incarceration, using his convict status as a rallying point.
• Historians note significant differences between Debs' and Trump's legal situations and political contexts.
• Debs was a prominent labor leader and socialist who had run for president multiple times before his imprisonment.
• His legacy includes significant contributions to labor rights and social reforms, impacting modern American workers.