Benjamin Gitlow
Benjamin Gitlow | |
|---|---|
Gitlow c. 1928 | |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 3rd Bronx district | |
| In office January 1, 1918 – December 31, 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Robert S. Mullen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 December 1891 Elizabethport, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | 19 July 1965 (aged 73) Crompond, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Socialist (1909–1919, 1934) Communist (1919–1929) Communist (Lovestoneites) (1929–1933) Communist (Gitlowites) (1933–1934) Communist (Fieldites) (1934) Republican (after 1934) |
| Other political affiliations | Workers (1921–1929) |
| Spouse |
Badana Zeitlin (m. 1924) |
Benjamin Gitlow (December 22, 1891 – July 19, 1965) was a prominent American socialist politician of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Communist Party USA. At the end of the 1930s, Gitlow turned to conservatism and wrote two sensational exposés of American communism, books which were very influential during the McCarthy period. Gitlow remained a leading anti-communist up to the time of his death.