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'''Maynard C. Krueger''' (1906 - 1991) was an [[United States|American]] [[socialism|socialist]] [[Politics|politician]] and an [[economics]] [[professor]] at the [[University of Chicago]]. He is best remembered as the 1940 Vice Presidential nominee of the [[Socialist Party of America]]. |
'''Maynard C. Krueger''' (1906 - 1991) was an [[United States|American]] [[socialism|socialist]] [[Politics|politician]] and an [[economics]] [[professor]] at the [[University of Chicago]]. He is best remembered as the 1940 Vice Presidential nominee of the [[Socialist Party of America]]. |
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Revision as of 22:30, 4 October 2011
Maynard C. Krueger (1906 - 1991) was an American socialist politician and an economics professor at the University of Chicago. He is best remembered as the 1940 Vice Presidential nominee of the Socialist Party of America.
Biography
Early years
Maynard Krueger was born January 16, 1906 near Alexandria, Missouri, in 1906.[1] He attended the University of Missouri, where he received an AB in 1926 and an AM in 1927.
Career
An instructor at the University of Pennsylvania from 1928 to 1932, Krueger also spent time at the universities of Berlin, Paris, and Geneva.[2]
In 1932, Krueger moved to the University of Chicago as an Assistant Professor, initially lecturing in Sociology under Edward Shils. He became an Associate professor in 1947, a full Professor in 1965, and Emeritus in 1977.[3] In 1958, he won the University of Chicago's Quantrell Award, believed to be the nation's oldest prize for undergraduate teaching.[4]
Krueger was involved with many left-wing organizations such as the Socialist Party of America and the Chicago Workers Committee on Unemployment.[5] During the Socialist Party's faction fight of the 1930s, Krueger was an active member of the so-called "Militant" faction of young Marxists who sought to turn the SP to the left. In August 1933, he was a delegate at the Socialist International Congress, where he advocated arming the proletariat.[6]
Krueger was on the Executive Committee of the Socialist Party for many years, serving as the SP's national chairman from 1942 to 1946.
In 1940, Krueger was the Socialist Party's candidate for Vice President of the United States, running with Norman Thomas. Thomas and Krueger received 116,599 votes (0.2% of the total). In 1948, Krueger ran as an Independent candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois' 2nd congressional district, receiving 4,566 votes (2.52%).
Death and legacy
Krueger died on December 20, 1991. He was 85 years old at the time of his death.
Footnotes
- ^ Donald F. Busky, Democratic Socialism: A Global Survey. New York: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000; pg. 161.
- ^ "U. of Chicago Round Table on B-N Forum", The Illinois Wesleyan Argus, 6 October 1948 (accessed 31 October 2008).
- ^ Who's Who in America.
- ^ "Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching", The University of Chicago (accessed 31 October 2008).
- ^ Elizabeth Dilling, The Red Network: A "Who's Who" and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots. Ayer Publishing, 1935; pp. 72, 113, 133.
- ^ American Socialist Quarterly (July 1934).
Works
- Inflation: Who Wins and Who Loses? Chicago: Socialist Party of America, 1934.
- "Economic and Political Radicalism," American Journal of Sociology, v. 40, no. 6 (May 1935), pp. 764-771.
- End Hunger in the Midst of Plenty! Jobs and Security for All the People! New York: Socialist Party National Campaign Committee, n.d. (1940).