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Aug 01, 1869 Riga, Latvia Died on 08 Oct 1933 (aged 64)
American lawyer and politician
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About Morris Hillquit
- Morris Hillquit (August 1, 1869 – October 8, 1933) 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.
