Norman Thomas

@Political Leaders, Life Achievements and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Norman Thomas, the socialist, political activist and the American Presbyterian minister became one of the major figures of American society through his anti-war preaching and peace initiatives American Princeton University Leaders Political Leaders Writers Scorpio Celebrities Norman Thomas, the American Presbyterian minister is best remembered for being the leader of the socialist movement in United States for more than four decades. The six time socialist candidate for president, also an author, lecturer and one of the most admired critics of American society, he captured the imagination of even those who were against his political views as an articulate spokesman. He criticized everything for which United States of America stands for in the eyes of the rest of the world – militarization and interference in the internal affairs of other nations. As a strong voice of democratic socialism, his influence on the middle-class Americans was considerably great, despite them considering socialism as an unsavory form of political thought. The great dissenter, he objected strongly to America’s intervention in the two World Wars, though he softened his stand after the Pearl Harbour incident. Being a strong advocate for world peace, he despised anything which stood as an obstacle for long standing peace. One who strongly voiced his protest against the Vietnam War he also established numerous institutions to promote world peace and universal disarmament. No wonder he earned the admiration of the American society and even those who opposed his political views.

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Birthday: November 20, 1884 Died on: December 19, 1968 Nationality: American Famous: Princeton University, Leaders, Political Leaders, Writers Spouses: Frances Violet Stewart Universities: Princeton University Bucknell University Princeton University Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Notable Alumnis: Princeton University Information Detail Birthday November 20, 1884 Died on December 19, 1968 Nationality American Famous Princeton University, Leaders, Political Leaders, Writers Spouses Frances Violet Stewart Universities Princeton University Bucknell University Princeton University Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Notable Alumnis Princeton University Founder / Co-Founder National Civil Liberties Bureau (the precursor of the American Civil Liberties Union ACLU). Birth Place Marion Political Ideology Socialist Religion Presbyterian Gender Male Father Welling Evan Thomas Mother Emma Mattoon Sun Sign Scorpio Born in Marion Died at Age 84

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Norman Thomas born at Unsplash Birth Place

He passed away in sleep in Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Unsplash Personal Life

The Norman Thomas High School in Manhattan, Norman Thomas '05 Library at Princeton University's Forbes College and the Assembly Hall at the Three Arrows Cooperative Society was named in his honor. Unsplash Personal Life

Born as the oldest of the six children to Emma Williams Mattoon and Weddington Evans Thomas, a Presbyterian minister, he had an uneventful childhood. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He completed his education from Marion High School and attended Bucknell University which he left after a year to join Princeton University from where he graduated in 1905. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

After undertaking a trip around the world, he decided to follow the footsteps of his father and enrolled to Union Theological seminary. In 1911, he graduated from the seminary and was ordained a Presbyterian minister. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At first, he became an assistant to Rev. Henry Van Dyke at the fashionable Brick Presbyterian Church on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Rev. Following this, he was made the pastor for the East Harlem Presbyterian Church, ministering Italian-American Protestants. Unsplash Career

His preaching against the American participation in the First World War led his fellow alumni from Princeton and a few leaders of the Presbyterian Church in New York to shun him. Unsplash Career

He resigned from his pastorate when church stopped the funding of American Parish's social programs though he did not formally leave the ministry until after his mother’s death in 1931. Unsplash Career

It was his stand against the Great War which enabled him to draw closer to Socialist Party of America (SPA), a staunchly antimilitarist organization. Soon, he joined the party and worked energetically for it. Unsplash Career

In the magazine, ‘The World Tomorrow’, started by the organization, he became the editor in January 1918 and strived to make it the voice of liberal Christian social activism. Unsplash Career

‘Socialism Re-Examined’ published in 1963 is one his most famous books. The book shows his receptivity to new ideas and his willingness to re-analyze his ideas and beliefs in the wake of new theories. Unsplash Major Works

‘Is Conscience a Crime?’ is another of his well-known works, released in 1927. This book is considered as a rational and biological explanation of our conscience. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	November 20, 1884
Died on	December 19, 1968
Nationality	American
Famous	Princeton University, Leaders, Political Leaders, Writers
Spouses	Frances Violet Stewart
Universities	Princeton University Bucknell University Princeton University Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Notable Alumnis	Princeton University
Founder / Co-Founder	National Civil Liberties Bureau (the precursor of the American Civil Liberties Union ACLU).
Birth Place	Marion
Political Ideology	Socialist
Religion	Presbyterian
Gender	Male
Father	Welling Evan Thomas
Mother	Emma Mattoon
Sun Sign	Scorpio
Born in	Marion
Died at Age	84

Norman Thomas

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Nov 20, 1884

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