| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1924 |
| Number: | 6 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Eugene Victor Debs |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1855 |
| Year, Death: | 1926 |
| Profession: | Trade union leader. |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Motivation: | Debs was a successful trade union leader. He converted from Democratic Populist to Socialist in 1897. In 1898 he was one of the founders of the Socialist Party of America (the name was adopted in 1900). Debs started to work actively for peace during World War I, mainly because he considered the war to be in the interest of capitalism. He was the Socialist Party's candidate for the US presidency five times between 1900 and 1920. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Victor Berger |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of Congress |
| City: | Washington, DC |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
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| Comments: |
The Nobel Committee received a number of nominations in favour of Debs, but none of these nominators were entitled to nominate. |
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