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Eugene Debs was born in November 1855. Eugene left school at the age of 14 and became a painter for the railroads. He became a railroad fireman in 1870. In World War 1 Eugene Debs was thrown in prison for speaking out against the war.Debs ran for president as a socialist four times and he won every single one,he nearly got a million votes for his third election. The last four years of his life were devoted to reform of U.S. prisons. Eugene Victor Debs dies on October 20, 1926.