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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.

'''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==

==Early life==

Berger was born on February 28th, 1860, in Nieder-Rehbach, Austria, and was educated in the Universities of Budapest and Vienna.<ref name=blue />

Berger was born on February 28, 1860, in Nieder-Rehbach, Austria, and was educated in the Universities of Budapest and Vienna.<ref name=blue />

He emigrated to the United States in 1878.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-F4_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3 Certified Copy of the Testimony of Victor L. Berger at the Trail of the Case of the United States Vs. Berger Et Al. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division]</ref>

He emigrated to the United States in 1878.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-F4_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3 Certified Copy of the Testimony of Victor L. Berger at the Trail of the Case of the United States Vs. Berger Et Al. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division]</ref>

On February 2, 1918, Victor L. Berger, together with Adolph Germer, J. Louis Engdahl, William F. Kruse, and Irwin St. John Tucker, were indicted by the grand Jury in the district court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois for a violation of sections 3 and 4 of title 7 of the espionage act.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zDs4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9148 Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Congress, Volume 58, Part 9]</ref>

On February 2, 1918, Victor L. Berger, together with Adolph Germer, J. Louis Engdahl, William F. Kruse, and Irwin St. John Tucker, were indicted by the grand Jury in the district court of the United States for the northern district of Illinois for a violation of sections 3 and 4 of title 7 of the espionage act.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zDs4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9148 Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Congress, Volume 58, Part 9]</ref>

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Intercollegiate Socialist Society]]

* [[Intercollegiate Socialist Society]]

* [[Woodrow Wilson]]

* [[Woodrow Wilson]]

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [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]

* [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]