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This is a list of American politicians who are members of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and who have held elected office in the United States. CPUSA has run candidates on an explicit Communist ticket, on tickets of third parties (such as the Nonpartisan League), and on Democratic tickets. See also: List of Communist Party USA election results.
This category lists people who have, at one time or another, been active members of a communist party, or have declared themselves to be "communist".It should not be taken for granted that inclusion in this category implies that figures remained their whole life or continue to be communists.
Democratic Party (Communist Party USA member) [29] Bolívar Pagán: House December 26, 1939: January 3, 1945: Puerto Rico: Republican Union (Socialist Party member) Vito Marcantonio: House January 3, 1939: January 3, 1951: New York American Labor Party [28] [30] Henry Teigan: House January 3, 1937: January 3, 1939: Pennsylvania
On December 1, 1961, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) published a 288-page book entitled Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publications. [1] This massive list, annotated with notes documenting the first official government mention of alleged communist affiliation, superseded a very similar list published on January 2, 1957. [1]
American Defense Society; American Protective League; Communist Party USA and African Americans; Communist Party USA in the labor movement. 1919–1937; 1937–1957; Espionage Act of 1917; First Red Scare; John Birch Society; McCarthyism; Seattle General Strike; Smith Act. Smith Act trials; Anti-war and civil rights movements. Black power ...
Pages in category "Members of the Communist Party USA" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 312 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The history of the CPUSA is closely related to the history of the American labor movement and the history of communist parties worldwide. Initially operating underground due to the Palmer Raids , which started during the First Red Scare , the party was influential in American politics in the first half of the 20th century.
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