Socialist Party of Wisconsin
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- This page deals with the political organization founded in 1973. For the political party which preceded it, established in 1898, see Social-Democratic Party of WisconsinSocial-Democratic Party of WisconsinThe Social-Democratic Party of Wisconsin was established in 1897 as the Wisconsin state affiliate of the Chicago faction of the Social Democratic Party of America...
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The Socialist Party of Wisconsin (SPWI) is the state chapter of the Socialist Party USA
Socialist Party USA
The Socialist Party USA is a multi-tendency democratic-socialist party in the United States. The party states that it is the rightful continuation and successor to the tradition of the Socialist Party of America, which had lasted from 1901 to 1972.The party is officially committed to left-wing...
in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
. It currently has 2 locals; the Milwaukee County Local and the South Central Wisconsin Local.
The Socialist Party of America
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...
voted 73:34 to change its name to Social Democrats, USA in December of 1972. SPUSA was founded in 1973, afterwhich the SPWI was founded.
Notable office holders
The Socialist Party of Wisconsin sees itself as a continuation of the Social-Democratic Party of WisconsinSocial-Democratic Party of Wisconsin
The Social-Democratic Party of Wisconsin was established in 1897 as the Wisconsin state affiliate of the Chicago faction of the Social Democratic Party of America...
, state affiliate of the Socialist Party of America
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...
. This organization elected a number of candidates to office over the three-quarters of a century of its existence, including:
Municipal
- Emil SeidelEmil SeidelEmil Seidel was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1910 to 1912. He was the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States, and ran as the Vice Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America in the 1912 presidential election....
, Mayor of Milwaukee, 1910-1912 - Daniel Webster Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee, 1916-1940
- Frank Zeidler, Mayor of Milwaukee, 1948-1960
- George Lippert, District Attorney of Marathon County, 1918-1920 and from 1922-1924 as a ProgressiveProgressive Party (United States, 1924)The Progressive Party of 1924 was a new party created as a vehicle for Robert M. La Follette, Sr. to run for president in the 1924 election. It did not run candidates for other offices, and it disappeared after the election except in Wisconsin. Its name resembles the 1912 Progressive Party, which...
LaFollette RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Statewide
Federal
- Victor Berger, Member of the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
for Wisconsin's 5th district, 1911-1913 and 1922-1929