Thomas J. Morgan
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Thomas John "Tommy" Morgan, Jr. was an English-born American labor leader and socialist political activist. Morgan is best remembered as one of the pioneer English-speaking Socialists in the city of C
Tommy Morgan (1847–1912)
The Socialist Labor Party is a political party in the United States. It was established in 1876, and was the first socialist party formed in the country.
Thomas J. Morgan
…America in 1876 and continued membership in its successor organization, the Workingmen's Party of the United States, which had changed its name to the Socialist Labor Party of America before the decade was out. In 1877 Morgan was instrumental in launching the Chicago Council of Trades and Labor Unions, a citywide union federation…
The SLP does not seem to have used its distinctive arm and hammer logo until it appeared on the front page of The Workmen's Advocate in 1885
Dutch-American radical Philip Van Patten was the first National Secretary of the SLP
Daniel De Leon in 1902
National Secretary Henry Kuhn was the top political official of the SLP "regulars" in the faction fight of 1899