Norman Thomas AKA Norman Mattoon Thomas Born: 20-Nov-1884 Birthplace: Marion, OH Died: 19-Dec-1968 Location of death: Huntington, NY Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male Religion: Presbyterian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Activist Nationality: United States Executive summary: American Socialist Party Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, and 1948. A pacifist and isolationist, with Charles Lindbergh he co-founded the America First Committee, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor that organization was quickly disbanded and he supported US entry into World War II. Thomas was not a supporter of Soviet-style Communism. Father: Welling Evan Thomas Mother: Emma Mattoon Wife: Frances Violet Stewart ("Violet", m. 1-Sep-1910, d. 1-Aug-1947)
High School: Marion High School, Marion, OH University: Princeton University (1905) Theological: Union Theological Seminary
America First Committee Co-Founder (1940) League of Industrial Democracy Co-Director (1922-37)
The Nation Associate Editor (1921-22) Ordained Presbyterian (1911)
Author of books:
The Conscientious Objector in America (1923) Is Conscience a Crime? (1927) America's Way Out: A Program for Democracy (1931) As I See It (1932) Human Exploitation in the United States (1934) After the New Deal, What? (1936) What Is Our Destiny? (1944) Appeal to the Nations (1947) A Socialist Faith (1951) The Test of Freedom (1954) Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen (1955) The Prerequisites of Peace (1959) Great Dissenters (1961) Socialism Re-Examined (1963) The Choices (1969)
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