'''Victor Berger''' (February 28, 1860 – August 7, 1929) was journalist<ref name=blue>[https://books.google.com/books?id=asFWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA458 The Wisconsin Blue Book]</ref> and a founder of the [[Socialist Labor Party]] in the [[United States]]. He was the first socialist elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], in 1910. [[Socialism]] has never taken root in the United States, except perhaps in certain industries such as [[health care]]. [[Socialism]] is prevalent in western [[Europe]] today.
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'''Victor Luitpold Berger''' (February 28, 1860 – August 7, 1929) was a journalist<ref name=blue>[https://books.google.com/books?id=asFWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA458 The Wisconsin Blue Book]</ref> and a founder of the [[Socialist Labor Party]] in the [[United States]]. He was the first socialist elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], in 1910. [[Socialism]] has never taken root in the United States, except perhaps in certain industries such as [[health care]]. [[Socialism]] is prevalent in western [[Europe]] today.
==Early Life==
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==References==
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==External Links==
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=B0l_95eYxTkC&dq=luitpold Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-1989: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundredth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1989, Inclusive]